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R v Louie Presence Charisma

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R v Louie Presence Charisma
   
Issue: Whether it had been proper to give a direction under s35 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 allowing adverse inferences to be drawn from the failure to give evidence of a man with a psychotic illness who claimed not to be able to recall the events in question.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2008/04613/C1
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWCA Crim 2345
   
Judge(s): Judge LCJ, Penry-Davey and Keith JJ
   
Date: 13 October 2009