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The Court of Appeal Criminal Division refused an application to extend time to appeal conviction and sentence for possession of 45 kg of heroin with intent to supply.
Hedges, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 607 (29 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal rejected challenges to conviction and sentence after a fatal knife fight, finding no misdirection, no evidential error, and no manifest excess.
The Court of Appeal rejected challenges to manslaughter and sentence in a knife-fight case, upheld the trial judge’s rulings, and corrected the form of detention ordered.
The Court of Appeal upheld Shane Ryan Brooks’s conviction for rape and refused leave to appeal sentence, holding the excluded other-bad-character evidence was inadmissible.
The Court of Appeal refused renewed leave to appeal by Anjem Choudary and Khaled Hussein in a terrorism case, upholding evidential rulings and sentences.
Choudary & Anor, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 395 (18 March 2026)
The Court of Appeal refused renewed leave to appeal for Anjem Choudary and Khaled Hussein in a terrorism case involving bad character evidence, hearsay, and sentence.
There was no abuse of process because the Bristol proceedings concerned a wider and separate conspiracy from the Birmingham proceedings, with significant differences in type of offence, dates, participants, and scope. The admission of the prior conviction was relevant and admissible, and there was no unfairness or abuse. No arguable grounds of appeal arose, and the extreme delay and applicant's absconding further militated against granting an extension of time.
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The Court of Appeal upheld Kevin Horswill’s murder conviction, holding the judge correctly excluded disputed bad character evidence about the deceased and properly restricted evidence-in-chief.
The Court of Appeal refused renewed applications over attempted murder convictions, upheld admission of bad character and identification evidence, and upheld life sentences.
Boyce, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 256 (19 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal granted leave on two grounds about a possible jury irregularity, but refused leave on all other conviction and sentence grounds.
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