R v Horncastle and another; R v Marquis and another; R v Carter – WLR Daily

Posted May 28th, 2009 in hearsay evidence, human rights, law reports by sally

R v Horncastle and another; R v Marquis and another; R v Carter [2009] EWCA Crim 964; [2009] WLR (D) 173

“There would be no breach of art 6, and in particular art 6(3)(d), of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, if a criminal conviction were based solely or to a decisive degree on the evidence of an identified but absent witness, provided the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were observed.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2009

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