[2008] EWCA Crim 2498

A conviction for robbery was quashed as the trial had been unfair: the prosecution should not have been allowed to adduce the offender's previous convictions for shoplifting at the end of the prosecution case without sufficient notice, and there was not sufficient similarity between the past offences and the instant offence to show a propensity to commit robbery.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Owen J, Christopher Clarke J)

08/10/2008