202400910 A1 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1406

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE STUART SMITH

MR JUSTICE CHOUDHURY

and

HIS HONOUR JUDGE ST. JOHN-STEVENS

Between:

Counsel instructed by Solicitors for the Appellant

Counsel instructed by CPS for the Respondent

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Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on Wednesday 5 November by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.