[2007] EWCA Crim 3019

In circumstances where a prisoner had allegedly refused to attend court for trial, but there was a possibility that he might not have known the precise nature of the proceedings, the proper course was to adjourn for 24 hours and to ensure that an explicit warning was delivered to the defendant that his trial would take place in his absence if he did not appear the next day.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, Wyn Williams J, Judge Richard Brown)

22/11/2007