202304395 B2 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1150

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION

ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT WORCESTER

PEPPERALL J

T2022 7032

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE HOLROYDE,

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION

MRS JUSTICE MAY
and

MR JUSTICE WALL

Between:

Simon Csoka KC (assigned by the Registrar of Criminal Appeals) for the appellant

Duncan Atkinson KC & Lyndon Harris (instructed by CPS Appeals and Review Unit) for the respondent

Hearing dates: 12 June 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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