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WHEN DOES A MAGISTRATE CONSIDER



                                          GOOD CHARACTER EVIDENCE








              1. Duty of Magistrate




              2. Duty of the Defence to introduce it





              3. Protection of integrity of proceedings




              4. Complicated and unnecessary proceedings





              5. Strength of prosecution case




              See:  Nigel Brown v The State [2012] UKPC 2;  Jagdeo Singh v



              The State [2005] UKPC
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