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Vera Baird QC and Amjad Nawaz on behalf of the Crown
Hearing date : Monday 4th August 2008
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Judgment
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Lord Justice Latham :
1. On the 8th June 2007 at the Crown Court at Wolverhampton the appellant was convicted of 6 counts of rape and one count
of sexual assault by penetration. He appeals against conviction with leave of the full court. The issue in question is the extent
of comment which is proper by a judge when summing-up a rape case to the jury.
2. The background to the counts in the indictment was that the appellant and the complainant had known each other for
approximately five years, and had lived together for a significant proportion of that time. However, their relationship had
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