Cooley [2018] EWCA Crim 2648

The appellant in this case had ASD and a mild intellectual disability, he appealed following the obtaining of a further report that disputed his fitness to plead based these conditions. He had pleaded guilty to offences without the use of anintermediary, as he could not recall the incidents the Court of Appeal felt the outcome of any advice would have been the same had an intermediary been present. In those circumstances the pleas were not vacated although his sentence was reduced.