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R v Sahme Mohamed

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
14.04
R v Sahme Mohamed
   
Issue: Whether a conviction for a serious assault with acid was unsafe in light of, inter alia, the giving of an adverse inference direction in relation to a defendant with a moderate learning disability and the failure to provide an intermediary; whether the judge was wrong to impose an extended sentence with an order under s45A Mental Health Act 1983 rather than orders under ss37/41.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   2020/02315/B2, 2020/02316/B2
   
Neutral Citation:   [2022] EWCA Crim 345
   
Judge(s): Lord Burnett CJ, Fraser and Goose JJ
   
Date: 44595