202403291 B4 - [2025] EWCA Crim 1135

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION

ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT WOOLWICH

HH JUDGE JONATHAN MANN KC

T20220876

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 MOULD

Between:

Sasha Wass KC and Ranjeet Dulay (instructed by Dobsons Solicitors) for the appellant

Jane Osborne KC and Nicholas Alexander (instructed by CPS Appeals and Review Unit) for the respondent

Hearing dates: 26 June 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on Tuesday 2 September 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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