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R v C (2005)

PUBLISHED September 16, 2005
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Comments made by the trial judge in the presence of the jury during the course of hearing objections by defence counsel to the line of questioning in re-examination of a witness went beyond what was acceptable. Those comments had compromised the appellant's right to a fair trial thereby rendering the verdict unsafe.

[2005] EWCA Crim 2170

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