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(1)For the purposes of section 101(1)(d) the matters in issue between the defendant and the prosecution include—
(a)the question whether the defendant has a propensity to commit offences of the kind with which he is charged, except where his having such a propensity makes it no more likely that he is guilty of the offence;
(b)the question whether the defendant has a propensity to be untruthful, except where it is not suggested that the defendant’s case is untruthful in any respect.
(2)Where subsection (1)(a) applies, a defendant’s propensity to commit offences of the kind with which he is charged may (without prejudice to any other way of doing so) be established by evidence that he has been convicted of—
(a)an offence of the same description as the one with which he is charged, or
(b)an offence of the same category as the one with which he is charged.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of a particular defendant if the court is satisfied, by reason of the length of time since the conviction or for any other reason, that it would be unjust for it to apply in his case.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (2)—
(a)two offences are of the same description as each other if the statement of the offence in a written charge or indictment would, in each case, be in the same terms;
(b)two offences are of the same category as each other if they belong to the same category of offences prescribed for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.
(5)A category prescribed by an order under subsection (4)(b) must consist of offences of the same type.
(6)Only prosecution evidence is admissible under section 101(1)(d).
[F1(7)Where—
(a)a defendant has been convicted of an offence under the law of any country outside England and Wales (“the previous offence”), and
(b)the previous offence would constitute an offence under the law of England and Wales (“the corresponding offence”) if it were done in England and Wales at the time of the trial for the offence with which the defendant is now charged (“the current offence”),
subsection (8) applies for the purpose of determining if the previous offence and the current offence are of the same description or category.
(8)For the purposes of subsection (2)—
(a)the previous offence is of the same description as the current offence if the corresponding offence is of that same description, as set out in subsection (4)(a);
(b)the previous offence is of the same category as the current offence if the current offence and the corresponding offence belong to the same category of offences prescribed as mentioned in subsection (4)(b).
(9)For the purposes of subsection (10) “foreign service offence” means an offence which—
(a)was the subject of proceedings under the service law of a country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b)would constitute an offence under the law of England and Wales or a service offence (“the corresponding domestic offence”) if it were done in England and Wales by a member of Her Majesty's forces at the time of the trial for the offence with which the defendant is now charged (“the current offence”).
(10)Where a defendant has been found guilty of a foreign service offence (“the previous service offence”), for the purposes of subsection (2)—
(a)the previous service offence is an offence of the same description as the current offence if the corresponding domestic offence is of that same description, as set out in subsection (4)(a);
(b)the previous service offence is an offence of the same category as the current offence if the current offence and the corresponding domestic offence belong to the same category of offences prescribed as mentioned in subsection (4)(b).
(11)In this section—
“Her Majesty's forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“service law”, in relation to a country outside the United Kingdom, means the law governing all or any of the naval, military or air forces of that country.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 103(7)-(11) added (15.8.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 144, 182, Sch. 17 para. 1(2) (with s. 180, Sch. 22); S.I. 2010/1858, art. 3(a)(d)(i)
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