[2010] EWCA Crim 1925
The natural and ordinary meaning of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 s.328(1) was that the arrangement to which it referred must be one which related to property which was criminal property at the time when the arrangement began to operate on it. To say that it extended to property which was originally legitimate but became criminal only as a result of carrying out the arrangement was to stretch the language of the section beyond its proper limits.
CA (Crim Div) (Moore-Bick LJ, Rafferty J, Judge Gilbert QC)
30/07/2010