Mr GI

Mr GI was convicted in July 2001 of attempting to obtain services by deception and received a sentence of nine months’ imprisonment.

The CCRC received an application for review of the conviction in September 2006.

At trial, the prosecution’s case was that Mr GI, together with another unknown man, had dishonestly attempted to obtain services, namely the use of two stolen credit card numbers to pay the bill to ship a car to South Africa.

Following review, the CCRC concluded that there had been significant non-disclosure of material relating to the credibility of a key prosecution witness.

This was material which, in the CCRC’s view, would have been useful to the defence in challenging the witness’s credibility in cross-examination.

Furthermore, the CCRC considered that the proceedings should have been stayed as an abuse of process owing to the failure of the police to investigate important aspects of the case.

The CCRC concluded there was a real possibility that the Court of Appeal would find that Mr GI was prejudiced to such an extent that he did not receive a fair trial.

The CCRC referred the conviction in July 2008.

The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in May 2009.