Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000043/2003 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 4 May 2004.
1. There are standard directions to be given to a jury on the caution with which they should approach identification evidence. In this case, the judge's summing-up deviated from such standard directions in a number of respects. It is perfectly proper for these deviations to be made the subject-matter of complaint before the Court of Appeal. They received careful consideration by that court, which considered them in the light of the summing-up as a whole, and came to the conclusion that they did