202302559 B1 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1149

ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT SWINDON

HH JUDGE TOWNSEND

T20220111

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE HOLROYDE,

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION

MR JUSTICE CHOUDHURY
and

MR JUSTICE WALL

Between:

S Ray KC and L Harris (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the appellant

B Douglas-Jones KC and R Shellard (instructed by CPS Appeals and Review Unit)

for the respondent

Hearing dates: 1 July 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 2.00pm on 5 September 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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