21 Dec 2018 [2018] EWCA Crim 2843, CA (Lord Burnett LCJ, Popplewell and Whipple JJ)
13 Feb 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given
13 Nov 2019 [2019] UKSC 51; [2021] AC 349; [2019] 3 WLR 1073; [2020] 3 All ER 177; [2020] 1 Cr App R 19; [2019] WLR (D) 648; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Reed DPSC, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones JJSC)
CRIME — Torture — “Person acting in an official capacity” — Defendant charged with offences of torture committed while member of armed rebel group fighting in civil war — Whether “person acting in an official capacity” limited to persons acting on behalf of government — Whether extending to persons acting on behalf of groups exercising governmental functions — Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33), s 134 — United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1991) (Cm 1775), art 1
[2019] UKSC 51; [2021] AC 349; [2019] 3 WLR 1073; [2020] 3 All ER 177; [2020] 1 Cr App R 19; [2019] WLR (D) 648; Case details, SC(E)
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