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Lord Justice Holroyde
Lord Justice Holroyde:
The applicant was charged with twelve offences relating to computer hacking. He was found to be unfit to plead. In proceedings pursuant to s4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 he was found to have done the relevant acts. His application for leave to appeal against those findings was refused by the single judge. It is now renewed to the full court.
One ground of appeal relates to the applicant’s submission that a named individual was suspected of having been involved in one of the offences. In order to avoid a substantial risk of prejudice to the fair trial of any proceedings against that man, the court has directed that no report of these proceedings may name him or include anything which may lead members of the public to identify him. We shall refer to him as “the suspect”. For clarity, “the suspect” is not Thalha Jubair, to whom we shall refer later in this judgment.
- Heading
- Lord Justice Holroyde
- The applicant
- Summary of the facts
- The criminal proceedings
- The judge’s rulings: 1 - the applicant’s previous convictions
- The judge’s rulings: 2 - the applicant’s bail conditions
- The judge’s rulings: 3 - cross-examination about “the suspect”
- The judge’s rulings: 4 - the NVIDIA threat intelligence report
- The grounds of appeal
- The submissions to this court
- Analysis
- Conclusion on grounds of appeal
- Persons found unfit to plead: representation and funding on appeal
- Analysis
- Conclusions