[2025] EWCA Crim 1467

R v Steele

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE STUART-SMITH

MRS JUSTICE TIPPLES

and

RECORDER OF NORTHAMPTON

(HIS HONOUR JUDGE MAYO KC)

(Sitting as a Judge of the CACD)

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Between:

REX

-v –

VERNON STEELE

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REFERENCE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER s.36 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988

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Mr N Hearn appeared on behalf of the Solicitor General

Mr C Gadd appeared on behalf of the Offender

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The provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 apply to these offences. Under those provisions, where a sexual offence has been committed against a person, no matter relating to that person shall during that person’s lifetime be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify that person as the victim of that offence.

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Approved Judgment