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R V DAVID MICHAEL SHAYLER (2001)

PUBLISHED September 28, 2001
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[2001] EWCA Crim 1977

The defence of duress or necessity of circumstances was not available to the defendant, a former member of the security services who was charged with three counts under the Official Secrets Act 1989. * Leave to appeal to the House of Lords granted.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Woolf of Barnes LCJ, Wright J, Leveson J)

28/09/2001

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