R v Craig Pritchard

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE GROSS,MR JUSTICE OPENSHAW
Judgment Date04 November 2011
Neutral Citation[2011] EWCA Crim 2749
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Docket NumberNo: 201103753 B3
Date04 November 2011

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  • Nigel Hunter and Others v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 16 April 2015
    ...Complaint: (a) Appellant's detailed submissions 131 Mr Blaxland relied on the authority of R v AA [2007] EWCA Crim 1779 and Pritchard [2011] EWCA Crim 2749, where the court considered the principle in R v AA and reviewed the authorities. The court held that, if a direction (that the evidenc......
  • R v S.B.
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 1 May 2013
    ...of this evidence but wholly failed to direct the jury as to why the evidence was led and what value, or potential value, it had. 19 In R v Pritchard [2011] EWCA Crim 2749 Gross LJ said this: "28. (3) The failure to give any or any adequate direction as to recent complaint. We begin here wit......
  • Hollings v R
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 23 October 2020
    ...the fact that complaint evidence does not emanate from a source independent of the complainant must be given: see e.g. R v Pritchard [2011] EWCA Crim 2749, at paras. 28–34 (Gross LJ). However, in our judgment, the trial Judge in the present case did give the appropriate direction in the ca......
  • R v RH
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    • 6 July 2018
    ...the use of complaint evidence whether admitted under Article 24(2) or (4) are now well established. Mr Kelly relied on R v Pritchard [2011] EWCA Crim 2749. Gross LJ reviewed the current law on complaint evidence and in the light of that put forward the following propositions (paras 29-34): ......
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