Blaize Lunkulu, Christian Barabutu, Ndombasi Makusu, Yusef Arslan v R

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Fulford
Judgment Date07 August 2015
Neutral Citation[2015] EWCA Crim 1350
Docket NumberCase No: 201401793 B1, 201401712 B1, 201401599 B1 and 201401581 B1
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date07 August 2015

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  • Garfield Ricardo Stewart v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 19 April 2016
    ...of three months, if there were a temporal requirement in s.98(a), we would have held it to be satisfied." 40 In Lunkulu and Ors v R [2015] EWCA Crim 1350, the appellants were convicted of a murder which took place in the context of a feud between two Turkish gangs, involved in drug dealing.......
  • Nicholas Reynolds v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 5 December 2019
    ...in counsel's speech, unless a defendant has not answered questions in interview or has not given evidence, see for example, Lunkulu [2015] EWCA Crim 1350 at [43]: The judge emphasised a number of times that the facts were for the jury. He instructed them to ignore any comments on his part ......
  • R v Awoyemi and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 8 June 2016
    ...the facts of the case) to establish a motive for the murder. The court rejected any temporal requirement. iii) Lunkulu and Others [2015] EWCA Crim 1350 was another case of alleged gangland reprisals. Thomas LJ (as he then was) giving the judgment of the court endorsed the Sule approach and ......
  • R v Terri-Marie Palmer
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 6 December 2016
    ...third edition, and Blackstone 2017 at paragraph F13.10, and recent decisions of this court including that in R v Lunkulu and Others [2015] EWCA Crim 1350 at [94] to [100]. 26 The judge went on to consider whether it was admissible under section 101(1)(d). He took the view (and he had to for......
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