[2007] EWCA Crim 35

Two offenders' convictions were safe despite the fact that the jury had conducted its own research and considered extraneous material after they had retired, since the information contained within that material was insufficient to have influenced the jury in its verdicts. A breach by a jury was not necessarily fatal to the safety of a conviction and should be considered in the context of the case overall.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, Rafferty J, Sir Charles Mantell)

17/01/2007