HC Deb 20 July 1976 vol 915 cc418-20W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Attorney-General if he will now provide information sought in the Questions from the right hon. Member for Walsall, North on 10th May—[Official Report, columns 19–23]—which could not be obtained in the time available without disproportionate use of resources.

The Attorney-General

Pursuant to my reply [Official Report, 10th May 1976; Vol. 911, c. 23], the information sought is as follows:

No charges were reinstated after being dismissed by the magistrates in any of the cases mentioned in the Questions for written answer on 10th May. The total cost to public funds of any criminal case is not ascertainable. The charges on which defendants were acquitted are set out in the following table:

  1. (1) Brown: Possessing obscene articles for publication for gain.
  2. (2) Barton: Handling stolen goods.
  3. (3) Masterton: (i) Taking a motor vehicle without authority; (ii) driving a motor vehicle with blood alcohol above the prescribed limit; (iii) dangerous driving.
    4. 419
  4. (4) Hart and Silverside: (i) Occasioning actual bodily harm; (ii) affray. Goodman: Affray.
  5. (5) Pereda: (i) Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) malicious wounding.
  6. (6) Davies: Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) malicious wounding.
  7. (7) Leith: Robbery.
  8. (8) Byrne: (i) Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) malicious wounding.
  9. (9) Giles: Assisting a prisoner to escape.
  10. (10) Hughes: (i) Causing grievous bodily harm with intent; (ii) damaging property.
  11. (11) Cullimore (1st defendant): Inflicting grievous bodily harm. Cullimore (2nd defendant): Cruelty to a child.
  12. (12) Pile: (i) Manslaughter; (ii) causing actual bodily harm.
  13. (13) Berry, Stuppe and Burrows: (i) Possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life; (ii) possessing a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence; (iii) unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in a public place.
  14. * (14)(a) McDermott: Burglary.
  15. (14)(b) Duggan: Handling stolen goods.
  16. (15) Mifsud: Attempting to pervert the course of justice.
  17. (16) Clarke: Conspiracy to rob. Maher: Conspiracy to rob.
  18. (17) McCann (1st defendant): Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. McCann (2nd defendant): (i) Actual bodily harm; (ii) blackmail; (iii) robbery; (iv) damaging property.
  19. (18) Kerr and Kerr: (i) Robbery; (ii) theft; (iii) assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
  20. (19) Quinto: Carrying on the business of a company with intent to defraud the creditors.
  21. (20) Burns: (i) Attempted murder; (ii) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (iii) malicious wounding.
  22. (21) Osbourne: Robbery.
  23. (22) Stockwin: Conspiracy to rob. Harris: (i) Conspiracy to rob; (ii) taking a motor vehicle without authority; (iii) driving a motor vehicle taken without authority.
  24. ** (24) Lazar: (Never stood trial—reported dead.) Murder.
  25. (25) Gordon: (i) Robbery; (ii) Theft.
  26. (26) Coughlin: Theft.
  27. (27) Palmer: Causing death by dangerous driving.
  28. (28) Rhodes (1st defendant): (1) Fraudulent conversion; (ii) Theft. Rhodes (2nd defendant); (i) Obtaining valuable security by false pretence; (ii) fraudulent conversion; (iii) theft.
  29. (29) Kelly: (i) Attempted murder; (ii) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (iii) malicious wounding.
  30. (30) Frazer and Hilder: (i) Causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) assault occasioning actual bodily harm; (iii) affray.
    31. 420
  31. (31) Griffin: (i) Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Ibraham: Wounding.
  32. (32) Beattie: (i) Robbery; (ii) possessing imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence; (iii) assault with intent to rob; (iv) attempted robbery. Fenlon. Assault with intent to rob.
  33. (33) Braithwaite: (i) Causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do grievous bodily harm; (ii) Inflicting grievous bodily harm.

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