Regina v. Bingham (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal Northern Ireland) Regina v. Cooke (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal Northern Ireland), (1999)

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Regina v. Bingham (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal Northern Ireland) Regina v. Cooke (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal Northern Ireland), (1999)

HOUSE OF LORDS

Lord Steyn

Lord Lloyd of Berwick

Lord Hope of Craighead

Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough

Lord Millett

OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE

REGINA

v.

BINGHAM

(APPELLANT)

(ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL NORTHERN IRELAND)

REGINA

v.

COOKE

(APPELLANT)

(ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL NORTHERN IRELAND)

ON 11 MARCH 1999

LORD STEYN

My Lords,

I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech of my noble and learned friends, Lord Lloyd of Berwick and Lord Hope of Craighead. For the reasons they have given, I would dismiss both appeals.

LORD LLOYD OF BERWICK

My Lords,

On 20 December 1994 the appellants Graham Carlo Bingham and Samuel David Cooke were convicted of the murder of Ann Marie Smyth, a young Catholic woman from Armagh. Higgins J. found that the murder took place on the evening of 23 February 1994 in a house belonging to the appellant Cooke at 241 Cregagh Street, Belfast. The motive was sectarian. There w...

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