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R v JANET CHAPMAN (2012)

PUBLISHED April 30, 2012
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[2012] EWCA Crim 1011

A sentence of 56 days' imprisonment for contempt of court was appropriate where a juror had failed to attend the last week of a trial but had instead gone abroad on holiday, and had attempted to deceive the court by claiming to be ill.

CA (Crim Div) (Pill LJ, Spencer J, Judge Thornton QC)

30/04/2012

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