Comment: R v Killick [2020] EWCA Crim 785

Natalie Wortley

Comment: R v Killick [2020] EWCA Crim 785

Natalie Wortley

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Abstract

Highlights the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold a ruling that there was no case to answer where the sole evidence against the defendant was DNA on a portable object (a screwdriver) that had been left at the crime scene.

Original language	English
Volume	2020
No.	41
Specialist publication	Criminal Law Week
Publication status	Published - 16 Nov 2020

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