SH, R. v
The judge was entitled to find that the offences involving the wife and the daughter were part of a series of offences of the same or similar character, given the familial relationship, sexual nature, and similar modus operandi (bargaining for sexual gratification).
- Parties
- Respondent: Regina; Appellant: SH
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 29 January 2010
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal Against Conviction
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Joinder of Charges, Sexual Offences, Series of Offences of Same or Similar Character
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Parties
Regina
Respondent
SH
Appellant
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal Against Conviction
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the trial judge erred in allowing the indictment to contain counts involving sexual abuse of the appellant's wife together with counts involving sexual abuse of the appellant's daughter on the basis that they were not part of a series of offences of the same or similar character
Ratio Decidendi
The judge was entitled to find that the offences involving the wife and the daughter were part of a series of offences of the same or similar character, given the familial relationship, sexual nature, and similar modus operandi (bargaining for sexual gratification).
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
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