“… within the meaning of the non-penalisation provisions of the Trafficking Convention and the EU Trafficking Directive. Ms Gallafent drew our attention to R v L [2013] EWCA Crim 991, in which Lord Judge CJ said at paragraph 9:…”
“…Mr Knafler at the outset of his submissions placed considerable emphasis on the decision of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in the case of R v L [2013] EWCA Crim 991, [2014] 2 Cr. App. R 23. He said that, the applicant being a victim of trafficking in the way that he had been, his criminal offence was a manifestation of tha…”
“…ation of a person as a victim of trafficking does not take place until after conviction, quashing a conviction as an abuse of process. See: R v L(C) and others [2013] EWCA Crim 991; [2013] 2 Cr App R 23; R v Joseph (Verna) and others [2017] EWCA Crim 36; [2017] 1 WLR 3153. In any such cases, the victims will not be excluded from eligibili…”
“…uld approach the trafficking decision of the authority was addressed by Lord Judge CJ, giving the judgment of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in R v L(C) [2013] EWCA Crim 991; [2013] 2 Cr App R 23 at [28]-[29]:…”