Post #2646288
2026-05-12 17:34 UTC
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us It seems to me that this would be grounds for overturning any conviction, since it constitutes material fact having been withheld from the jury's consideration that could have resulted in a refusal to convict on those charges.
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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us 2026-05-12 20:16
@gcvsa@mstdn.plus Certainly grounds for appeal, I would have thought, although the MoJ's line will be that conviction & sentence are separate & so nothing relevant to the conviction was withheld - so an appeal would be based on connecting these two aspects (back together)
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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-05-12 21:10
@gcvsa@mstdn.plus @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us (Any lawyers who wish to comment, please …) I’d say that normally that would be the case. But Britain has long realised the benefit of breaking the rules by claiming terrorism, and passing cases to a compliant judge. Much the same as the US does all the time under national security provisions.