David Walbank KC has launched a new series, ‘The Top Cases of 2023’, on his CrimeCast.Law video updating website

February 16, 2024

Uploaded to the website this week have been the following three video case reviews:

R v Malkinson (Andrew) [2023] EWCA Crim 954
This case involved a high-profile miscarriage of justice, arising from unreliable identification evidence. Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison for rape. He had always protested his innocence and was eventually cleared as a result of developments in the science of DNA analysis.

R v Ali (Arie) [2023] 2 Cr App R (S) 25
This case concerned the approach to be taken to the imposition of custodial sentences during periods of prison overcrowding. The CACD held that this was a factor that could be taken into account by a sentencing judge when deciding whether a term of imprisonment should be suspended.

R v Trowland (Morgan) [2024] 1 Cr App R (S) 14
This case concerned appeals against sentence by two ‘Just Stop Oil’ protestors, who had caused large-scale disruption when they climbed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at the Dartford-Thurrock Thames crossing and refused to budge for the next 36 hours.

Since CrimeCast.Law was launched 3 years ago, more than 250 videos have been uploaded to the website. For free and instant access to all the video case reviews, visit [CrimeCast.Law]