Narita Bahra prevents a miscarriage of justice in her most recent case, R -v- Valentin Krzyzyk.
In this case, CCTV was produced by a prosecution witness and was therefore an exhibit in the case. It was not produced to the defence despite many requests for it.
The Judge said “this wasn’t a failure in disclosure, this was a failure to serve the prosecution’s case… this is a failure to produce to the defence an exhibit which prosecution say they were to rely on”.
Narita Bahra had been told by the officer in the case that there was nothing of relevance in the footage.
Narita Bahra commented that “with nearly all sexual cases, it is usually a complainant’s word against the defendant…. in this case the independent evidence of CCTV totally exonerated the defendant and supported the defendant’s case. But for this evidence, I do not think the Jury would have believed him.”
The CPS conceded that there had been “an unnecessary or improper, act or omission” by the prosecution as a whole.
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