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R's new evidence is compelling within the meaning of section 78 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and the trial process provides sufficient protections to ensure a fair trial is likely. The acquittal is quashed and a retrial ordered.
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Court of Appeal refused extensions of time, fresh evidence, and leave to appeal against conviction and sentence in a murder case.
Taborda & Anor v Rex [2026] EWCA Crim 627 (20 May 2026)
The Court of Appeal upheld convictions for allowing the death of a child and child cruelty, refused fresh expert evidence, and reduced one sentence.
The Court of Appeal upheld convictions for murder, child cruelty, allowing a child's death, and perverting justice, while reducing one sentence on appeal.
The Court of Appeal quashed Benjamin Field’s murder conviction after finding flaws in the causation directions and ordered a retrial.
Field v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 413 (16 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal quashed Ben Field’s murder conviction, holding that the jury directions on causation were unsafe and did not properly leave key factual issues.
The Court of Appeal upheld sentences for Michael, Kerry and Shannon Ives arising from the murder and cruelty of two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths.
Odunewu & Ors v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 444 (27 March 2026)
The Court of Appeal rejected conviction challenges over joinder, no-case submissions, jury directions and fresh psychiatric evidence, but reduced three sentences.
March, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 481 (26 March 2026)
The Court of Appeal held that Shaine March’s 42-year minimum term for murder was unduly lenient and substituted a whole life order.
Thomas (Previously Edgington) v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 353 (25 March 2026)
The Court of Appeal refused fresh psychiatric evidence and dismissed Nicole Thomas’s appeal against her murder conviction, holding the trial verdict was safe.
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