The Weekly Law Reports
[2010] 1 WLR 630
Court of Appeal
*Regina v Twomey and others
[2009] EWCA Crim 1035
2009 May 12;
June 5, 18
June 5, 18
Lord Judge CJ, Goldring LJ, McCombe J
Crime— Practice— Trial— Trial without jury— Prosecution seeking trial without jury due to real danger of jury-tampering— Whether criminal standard of proof to be applied in determining whether conditions for trial without jury fulfilled— Whether evidence in support of application to be disclosed to defendants— Whether evidence inadmissible at trial admissible in relation to existence of real and present danger of jury-tampering— Whether proposed measures for protecting jury reasonable— Relevant factors for court to consider—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 6
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Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44), ss 44, 46(3)
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