AEB & Others [2024] EWCA Crim 1320

The applicant pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon and was convicted of murder with a minimum term of 25 years. The one ground of appeal was that hearsay evidence was wrongly admitted. The witness statement of S was admitted as the judge accepted she was in genuine fear…

Both applicants were convicted of wounding with intent, unlawful wounding and robbery and sentenced to 8 years’ detention. Both sought leave to appeal against conviction. F called the police to say he and his friend, G, had been stabbed by two people in F’s flat. He had told the men…