R v Francis (Colin)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment Date25 April 1988
Judgment citation (vLex)[1988] EWCA Crim J0425-14
Docket NumberNo. 3899/E3/87
CourtCourt of Appeal (Criminal Division)
Date25 April 1988

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  • P v Judges of the Circuit Court
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 Abril 2019
    ... ... Preece & Howells [1977] Q.B. 370 , but was not discussed in that judgment. Burgess in turn was relied on in R. v. Francis (1989) 88 Cr. App. R. 127 (but Preece & Howells was not) where similar language was interpreted as encompassing behaviour towards another ... ...
  • R v Graham Stuart Ovenden
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 9 Octubre 2013
    ...statutory offence set out in section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960. Reliance was placed on the decision of this court in R v Colin Leslie Francis (1989) 88 Cr App R 127. 32 The offence of indecency with children is defined in the Act as follows: "Any person who commits an act of......
  • R v Jaypaul Anthony Barrow
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 4 Mayo 1999
    ...narrow ambit of the offence which was charged against the appellant established by the judgment of this court in the case of Francis (1988) 88 Cr App R127. 9 The Judge Advocate held that there was evidence upon which the court-martial could properly convict the appellant of this offence. Th......
  • R v Jaypaul Anthony Barrow
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 4 Mayo 1999
    ...narrow ambit of the offence which was charged against the appellant established by the judgment of this court in the case of Francis (1988) 88 Cr App R 127. The Judge Advocate held that there was evidence upon which the court-martial could properly convict the appellant of this offence. The......

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