Mr AC

Mr AC was convicted in December 1991 of rape, aiding and abetting rape (later quashed on appeal), and indecent assault. Mr AC received a sentence of 11 years’ imprisonment, reduced to nine years on appeal.

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

At trial the complainant, who had been aged 14 at the time of the offences, stated in the course of their evidence that they had been to see a doctor as a result of the pain caused by the alleged assaults but no medical notes were found or disclosed at the time of trial.

During review, the CCRC obtained the relevant GP’s notes which indicated that the complainant had not in fact seen their doctor at that time.

The CCRC considered that had these medical records been disclosed, they would have provided material for the defence to challenge the complainant’s assertion that they had visited their doctor after being assaulted.

The CCRC referred the conviction in February 2000.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in February 2001.