The appellant was convicted of possession of an offensive weapon and wounding with intent. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. The appellant struck a male who was staying with a mutual friend several times to the head and body with something made of wood. The male suffered swelling to…
The applicant was convicted of four counts of indecent assault, acquitted of six, and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. He sought permission to appeal against conviction. The first ground of appeal was that the convictions were inconsistent with the acquittals on other counts. The second ground concerned evidence disclosed to…
The applicant was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He had argued with neighbours and claimed self-defence. Two convictions for assault were admitted as bad character evidence although one conviction had subsequently been quashed. It was accepted at the appeal that the PNC record was inaccurate and that the…
The applicant was convicted of the rape of a drunk stranger who he picked up in his car; she assumed she thought he was a taxi. He had previously been charged with sexual assault in similar circumstances, but the prosecution had offered no evidence, and he was acquitted. He appealed…
The appellant was convicted of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life and failing to comply with a notice to disclose the passwords to 2 mobile phones. For the firearms offences he was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months and for the non-disclosure to a concurrent…
The applicant changed his plea after the opening of the prosecution case and pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to supply cocaine. On a second indictment he was convicted at a retrial of conspiracy to transfer a prohibited firearm. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 years and…
The appellant was convicted of assault by penetration and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment. He appealed against conviction and sentence. The victim, JA, was 15 and friends with the appellant’s girlfriend, HB, and often stayed with them. Her account was that she awoke on the sofa to find the appellant…
The appellant was convicted of murder where it was agreed that death had been caused as a result of the victim being held in a headlock by the appellant. The ground for appeal was that the judge had erred in admitting a conviction for escape as bad character evidence. The…
Livesey, Morfitt & McCaffrey were convicted after trial and the latter two sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment and 22 years’ imprisonment respectively. Livesey was convicted after a separate trial, and also pleaded guilty to a further similar offence, he was sentenced to a total of 13 years and 6 months’…
The appellant was 16 at the time of offending and was convicted of murder and two counts of s18 wounding. The prosecution case was that he had participated in a group attack with his co-accused, there was eye witness evidence, CCTV and agreed expert evidence along with cell site and…
This appeal concerns the admissibility of bad character evidence to correct a false impression given by a defendant. The prosecution alleged a conspiracy to sell prohibited weapons and that the appellant had been present at a flat in order to purchase weapons. He accepted presence at the flat but said…