Saima Jan [2019] EWCA Crim 1449

The applicant and her husband were convicted of the theft of £367,416.66 belonging to a friend. The applicant was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 18 months, and her husband to 4 years imprisonment. The prosecution case was that money was syphoned, by the two acting in concert, from the complainant’s savings into accounts of the defendants and persons associated with them. The thrust of the applicant’s appeal was that there was insufficient evidence to show that she had knowledge of the entirety of the monies which had been transferred. The Court found there was sufficient evidence at the close of the prosecution case and the renewed application was refused.