Guernsey Judgment 40/2004 - Law Officers of the Crown v Richard Peter Barnes

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Rape - applications for leave to appeal from conviction and sentence before the Royal Court - review of the requirements of a direction to a jury (or to Jurats) - no material misdirection - Jurats entitled to reach the conclusion which they did - no withholding by prosecution of any information which should have been disclosed to the defence at an earlier stage - application of the Millberry guidelines as to sentence - both applications dismissed