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Mr. Mullin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the cases he has referred to the Court of Appeal under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 since 1982 and the outcome in each case.
Mr. John Patten
Since 1982 to 31 December 1991 the following cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal under Section 17(1)(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 with the result as indicated.
| In respect of conviction: | |
| Year and name | Result |
| 1982 | |
| Saltman, Bernard Brian | Allowed |
| Tarrant, Edward Charles | Allowed |
| Wakefield, Ian Ferguson | Allowed |
| Neal, John Stephen | |
| Woods, Bernard John | |
| Cousins, Alverstone Edmond | Allowed |
| Todd, Percival George | |
| 1983 | |
| Bhaskar, Vinod Kumar | Allowed |
| Russell, Mervyn John Scott | Allowed |
| Abrol, Kewal Krishan | Allowed |
| 1984 | |
| McDonagh, Michael | Dismissed |
| McDonagh, Patrick | |
| Harrison, Melvyn | Dismissed |
| Copeland, William Ian | Dismissed |
| Mycock, Geoffrey | Allowed |
| Gilfellan, Ian Charles | Allowed |
| Hartley, Hugo | Dismissed |
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