[2009] EWCA Crim 1361

A conviction for aggravated burglary was unsafe where the judge had admitted evidence of the accused's co-defendants' pleas of guilty to aggravated burglary under the Theft Act 1968 s.9(1)(b) when the accused was charged with aggravated burglary under s.9(1)(a) of the Act, and had failed to provide the jury with the bases of the pleas, so that the pleas had no probative value to the crucial issue against the accused of whether he was armed.

CA (Crim Div) (Scott Baker LJ, King J, Judge Moss QC)

06/07/2009