perverting the course of justice

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perverting the course of justice

a serious crime of interfering with public justice which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and an unlimited fine. It does not matter whether or not the acts actually result in the course of justice being perverted. The prosecution must show that a course of public justice has been commenced, such as an event from which it can reasonably be expected that an investigation will follow; or investigations which could bring proceedings have already started and are in progress; or proceedings of some kind have been started, or are about to be started.

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The teenager is currently serving a 16-month detention and training order for possessing a knife and perverting the course of justice. Jurors accepted the prosecution's assertion the boy lied to police.

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Toni Allison, aged 33, of Abbey Street, Nuneaton, is charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice.

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Festus Onasanya, 34, from Cambridge, had pleaded guilty to three counts of perverting the course of justice over speeding, including over the July 24 incident.

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But his sister, who was elected in June 2017, denied a single count of perverting the course of justice. She was found guilty following a retrial at the Old Bailey, putting her political career in jeopardy.

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Now, Liberal Democrat Mr Hemming says Miss Baker should be charged with perverting the course of justice and says he may even take out a private prosecution against her, or the force.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is looking at whether offences such as conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perverting the course of justice were committed after the 1989 tragedy.

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Four alleged clients deny perverting the course of justice. The trial continues.

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Summary: Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce have been sentenced to eight months behind bars for perverting the course of justice.

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The crimes included drugs and firearms offences and charges of perverting the course of justice.

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They also cleared him of perverting the course of justice over an earlier incident, also in St Helens, in April.

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THE girlfriend of Bryan Ferry's son Otis has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.