Caven-Thompson [2020] EWCA Crim 1079

The applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years. His application for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence was refused and the application renewed. Issue was taken with the decision of the trial judge to admit into evidence some notes…

The appellant was convicted of murder and pleaded guilty to s20 wounding. He had a confrontation with the deceased where he (the applicant) was punched to the head, he went to home, retrieved two knives and returned. At this point the deceased produced a knife, the applicant rushed at him…