Similar Fact Evidence in UK Law
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R v Boardman
... ... Each boy gave evidence. In addition to giving evidence as to the ... In a similar way Hamidi gave evidence in regard to an occasion ... tendered and is admissible in spite of the fact that it may or will tend to show guilt in the ... ...
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O'Brien v Chief Constable of South Wales Police
... ... reported cases on the topic makes clear, similar fact evidence has proved a contentious and ... ...
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R v Kilbourne
... ... All the boys gave evidence and were sworn. The first 3 convictions still in ... list of previous convictions for similar offences and one of attempted murder, committed ... summing-up was framed, the corroboration in fact placed before the jury related to incidents ... ...
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R v A (No 2)
... ... leave of the judge there should be no evidence or cross examination by or on behalf of the ... alleged to have been "in any respect, so similar" to the sexual behaviour which is shown by ... the question of whether the complainant in fact consented. However, Rose LJ was of the view that ... ...
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R v Sang (on Appeal from HM Court of Appeal (Criminal Division))
... ... the prosecution to prove its case by evidence ... 2 In support of this submission counsel ... The fact that the counsellor and procurer is a policeman ... discretion to exclude evidence of "similar facts", even where it was technically admissible, ... ...
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DPP v P
... ... a young daughter of the family, is evidence that he also similarly abused other young ... these children had been found buried in a similar manner in the gardens of several houses occupied ... On the other hand, the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to show the ... ...
- R v P (Children: Similar Fact Evidence)
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R v Looseley
... ... or witnesses are unwilling to give evidence ... 3 Moreover, and importantly, in ... The fact that the counsellor or procurer is a policeman or ... intent to commit a crime of the same or a similar kind, then the police did no more than give him ... ...
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R v Humphrys
... ... 2 The respondent gave evidence and swore that he did not own a motor cycle on ... been upheld even though the jury might in fact have concluded that he was not guilty of rape ... evidence of the first two incidents as "similar fact" evidence, and the accused was again ... ...
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Designer Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd (trading as Washington DC)
... ... But the judge rejected RWT's evidence. Relying in the main on similarities, which he ... instance court making original findings of fact than as an appellate court reviewing findings ... 2. Each is painted in a similar neo-Impressionistic style. Each uses a ... ...
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