A conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm was upheld where the judge had rightly allowed a single previous conviction for common assault to be adduced to show propensity, even though the case for the prosecution was based on weak identity evidence. Allowing the previous conviction had not rendered the conviction unsafe, as the judge had dealt with the issue with care and clarity in his directions to the jury.

CA (Crim Div) (Moses LJ, Ousley J, Griffith Williams J)

30/01/2009