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R v Latif and Shahzad

[1996] 1 WLR 104; [1996] UKHL 16; [1996] 1 All ER 353; [1996] 2 Cr App R 92
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1996
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Entrapment is not a substantive defence, but a court may stay proceedings as an abuse of process where the conduct of the prosecution or law-enforcement agents makes it an affront to the public conscience to try the accused; the judge undertakes a balancing exercise.

Area of Law

c

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