Practice and Procedure

R v PHILLIP COATES (2007)

PUBLISHED June 22, 2007
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[2007] EWCA Crim 1471

Where a previous inconsistent statement was introduced by the defence to rebut the complainant's later statement, the first statement should not have been treated as admissible evidence sufficient to form the basis for a conviction for rape disavowed by the complainant herself.

CMAC (Sir Igor Judge (President QB), Pitchford J, Flaux J)

22/06/2007

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