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R V DARRYL LAYCOCK (2003)

PUBLISHED May 6, 2003
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[2003] EWCA Crim 1477

The prosecution had made a serious error in including additional counts in the indictment referring to a previous term of imprisonment where those counts served no real purpose. The conviction was not rendered unsafe as there was an overwhelming case against the defendant.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ, Mitchell J, Hallett J)

06/05/2003

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