Lawyer haunted by suicide of Scots client wrongly jailed for sexual offences
Iain Smith revealed his grief over the death of Malcolm Cowan, who was convicted because of errors by a sheriff who was later found dead in his car with a prostitute.
Malcolm Cowan (Image: Daily Record)
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The Calcutta High Court has held that in case of appeal from conviction in an offence committed against a child or a woman, the victim is not a necessary party to the appeal.
An order passed by a Division Bench comprising of
Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and
Justice Aniruddha Roy states,
The victim is not a necessary party to a Criminal Appeal from conviction for offences against woman or child, punishable under provisions of the I.P.C. or POCSO Act or any other penal provision which will apply in relation to offences affecting human body against any woman and/or child , both those expressions being understood in the context of the respective legislation which deals with such offences.
03:40 EDT, 6 April 2021
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Prosecutors are considering an extraordinary appeal against a judge s decision to clear retired NRL star Sam Burgess of intimidating his former father-in-law Mitchell Hooke.
The New South Wales Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has indicated it is looking at a rare legal move which could send the Burgess case back to court.
Burgess, who has always maintained his innocence, believed the matter was resolved and began rebuilding his life after the conviction was finally overturned last month.
The 32-year-old has recently been training with bodybuilding pastor Rob Quatro on Queensland s Gold Coast where he attended a Pentecostal church service.
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