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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.
Durrell-Smith v R. [2026] EWCA Crim 463 (17 April 2026)
The Court of Appeal upheld Kimani Durrell-Smith’s conviction for wounding with intent, holding there was evidence to leave a shoot-out liability case to the jury.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a conviction for wounding with intent arising from a nightclub shootout, holding the judge correctly applied Gnango principles.
The Court of Appeal upheld a 14-year custodial term for manslaughter but quashed the finding of dangerousness and the extended sentence.
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.
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.
O'Shaughnessy, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 141 (19 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal refused fresh psychiatric evidence and renewed leave to appeal against a murder conviction, holding it would not undermine the safety of the verdict.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal and to adduce fresh evidence in Amanda O’Shaughnessy’s murder conviction, finding the new psychiatric and social-service material would not affect safety.
Peniston, R. v [2026] EWCA Crim 354 (12 February 2026)
The Court of Appeal granted a one-day extension but refused leave to appeal against a murder conviction, finding the proposed grounds unarguable.
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