Practice and Procedure

R V B (2002)

PUBLISHED December 20, 2002
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[2002] EWCA Crim 3091

In a case where evidence emerged that the complainant may have made her complaint up to a year after the alleged sexual abuse, the judge should have discharged the jury as a result of the doctrine of recent complaint.

CA (Crim Div) (Rix LJ, Crane J, Judge Maddison)

20/12/2002

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