[2008] UKPC 40

A conviction was set aside as unsafe where, at a retrial, the defendant had not been called to give evidence and evidence of his good character had not been adduced, and there was no information before the appellate court to explain why counsel had conducted the trial in that way.

PC (Jam) (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell, Lord Mance, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury)

28/07/2008