[2013] EWCA Crim 1770

A judge receiving fresh prosecution evidence during the course of a trial might have put undue pressure on a defendant to change his plea by indicating that he would give a reasonable amount of credit if he did so. However, the incident could not lay the foundation for an allegation of bias because the defendant had continued to maintain his innocence and the judge had continued to conduct the trial entirely fairly.

CA (Crim Div) (Jackson LJ, Openshaw J, Leggatt J)

29/07/2013