The WLR Daily case summaries
[2025] WLR(D) 473
Court Martial Appeal Court
Rex v BSH
[2025] EWCA Crim 706
2025 June 4
William Davis LJ, Wall, Hill JJ
Military law— Court Martial— Jurisdiction— Defendant charged with offence of sexual activity with a child while a person in a position of trust— Preliminary hearing— Judge Advocate General dismissing case on basis that, on the evidence presented, no reasonable Court Martial Board could draw inference that such activity having taken place— Whether prosecution having right of appeal against ruling dismissing case at preliminary stage—
Armed Forces Act 2006 (c 52), s 163(3)
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Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009
(SI 2009/2041), rr 26, 50