• McPartland & Grant [2019] EWCA Crim 1782; [2020] 1 Cr App R (S) 51

    McPartland was convicted of rape, assault by penetration and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Grant was convicted of rape and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment; the jury were unable to agree on a further count of rape alleged against him. The complainant, X, met the appellants on a night out…

  • Forhad Alam [2019] EWCA Crim 1510

    Fresh evidence was allowed in this appeal by way of mobile phone analysis. At the trial, where the applicant relied on alibi, an expert said that there was no data usage on his mobile phone at the relevant time. The expert was only prepared to accept that this was consistent…