Mr G

Mr G was convicted in June 1993 of indecent assault and rape. Mr G received a sentence of six years’ imprisonment.

The CCRC inherited an application for review of the conviction from the Home Office in March 1997.

Mr G had been convicted of sexual offences against the complainant, his stepdaughter.

The complainant’s testimony was corroborated by the evidence of her sister.

Following review, the CCRC considered that a post-trial retraction statement made by the complainant’s sister was sufficiently credible to merit a referral of the conviction to the Court of Appeal.

In addition, the CCRC obtained new evidence indicating that the complainant had lied when she had told the jury at trial that she had not had sexual intercourse with anyone before her stepfather.

Furthermore, the circumstances in which she had previously had sexual intercourse resulted in her making a false complaint of rape which was falsely supported by her sister.

The CCRC concluded that there was a real possibility this new evidence would lead the court to find that the complainant and her sister’s credibility, which were crucial to the jury’s determination of the case, had been undermined.

The CCRC referred the conviction in January 2000.

The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction in November 2001.