R -v- AB, CD, EF, GH
The Court has quashed the convictions in this case and directed a retrial. A reporting restriction has been imposed in respect of the full judgment on this Reference and on the full judgment on the appeal under the Contempt of Court Act 1981. This anonymised judgment can be published now and the order is varied to permit that.
Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWCA Crim 1959
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Date: 21/12/2021
Before :
LORD JUSTICE EDIS
MR JUSTICE HILLIARD
HIS HONOUR JUDGE DEAN QC
(sitting as a judge of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division)
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Between :
A REFERENCE BY HER MAJESTY’S SOLICITOR GENERAL UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988
-v-
AB, CD, EF, AND GH