Accounts Of Criminal Trials (OBP)
Absolute discharge Where a individual has pleaded guilty or been convicted of an offence, in specific circumstances the court could, as an alternative of imposing a sentence (and on summary complaint alternatively of convicting), discharge that particular person totally. Nigeria argued that it was in the public interest to disclose the proof collated on the basis that: (a) it intended to use the documents to secure and recover the proceeds of corruption (b) effective proceedings would help in efforts to lower corrupt activities (c) it would demonstrate that the UK was not a secure haven for corruptly acquired assets and (d) it would permit their recovery where Alamieyeseigha’s flight would otherwise thwart the criminal confiscation approach.
Simply because of the threat of a chilling effect for journalists reporting on important crime and court circumstances and the relatively extreme character of the sanction, the majority of the Court discovered that the … Read the rest >>>