Mohammed Azim Aslam [2019] EWCA Crim 1352

The applicant was convicted of conspiracy to fraudulently evade the prohibition on the importation of diamorphine and conspiracy to supply. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 12 years on each count. He applied for an extension of time of nearly 4 years to appeal against conviction, after refusal by the single judge he renewed his application to the full court. The ground for appeal was that the convictions were unsafe as there was fresh evidence to cast doubt in the safety. The fresh evidence was of 3 witnesses and the Court found that the evidence sought to be adduced was available or reasonably obtainable at trial and this was a case of the applicant hoping to conduct his case differently on appeal. The application was refused.