[2001] EWCA Crim 2545

It was wrong for a jury to be directed that they were entitled to draw adverse inferences from the defendant having absconded during his trial where the requirements of s.35(2) Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 had not been complied with.

CA (Crim Div) (Kennedy LJ, Poole J, David Steel J)

08/11/2001