James Thacker prosecuted GS who sexually abused his biological sister between 1967 and 1976 when he was aged between 12 and 21 and she was aged between 4 and 13. The defendant went on to physically, racially and sexually abuse his stepson and stepdaughter between 1976 and 1997 when they were aged from 5 years of age up to and including when they were young adults.
HH Judge Browne QC sitting at Woolwich Crown Court described the case as the most horrific, shocking and upsetting case he had presided over during his time and sentenced the defendant to 25 years with an additional 1 year licence as the defendant qualified as an offender of particular concern pursuant to s236A CJA 2003.
In this week’s edition Linda Nelson examines how and when to serve surveillance evidence, and how and when to respond to it; and John Schmitt asks whether it’s necessary to have a claim form re-sealed if it’s been amended prior to service, and urges caution…
This week Thomas Yarrow revisits the vexed question of the use of artificial intelligence in legal research – and our intrepid reporter finds that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. In fact the experience led him to such depths of despair that he…
This week Ben Rodgers relays two tales from the coalface, both relating to applications to resile from admissions. Readers will be interested to know that in both cases the court applied the balance of prejudice test with the result that the defendants’ applications were refused….
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