[2009] EWCA Crim 2282

In all but exceptional cases, once a witness had been treated as hostile within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 s.3 the judge had to warn the jury to treat his evidence with caution, even if he had not proved to be hostile when giving that evidence.

CA (Crim Div) (Scott Baker LJ, McCombe J, Mackay J)

06/08/2009