Similar fact evidence was not admissible under s.1(f)(i) Criminal Evidence Act 1898 when cross-examination questions had adduced the fact that the appellant had been charged with an earlier offence, for which he had been acquitted, but no evidence had been adduced to show that he had committed the earlier offence.

CA (Crim Div) (Schiemann LJ, Owen J, Judge Coles QC)

16/10/1998