[2012] EWCA Crim 1256

A judge had been entitled to refuse to sever an indictment containing two sexual offences which had taken place a year apart. However, the admission in evidence of the defendant's previous conviction for rape had rendered his trial for the subsequent sexual offences unsafe.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ (Vice President), Hedley J, Maddison J)

16/05/2012