202303262 B1 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1163

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ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT SOUTHWARK

HH JUDGE LEES

T2022 7074

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE HOLROYDE

LORD JUSTICE EDIS
and

HH JUDGE EDMUNDS KC

(sitting as a judge of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division)

Between:

David Miller and Trevor Archer (appearing pro bono) for the applicant

Dharmendra Toor (instructed by CPS Appeals & Review Unit)) for the respondent

Hearing dates: 16 April 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on Thursday 11 September 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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