Christopher Jenkins’ client acquitted following successful submission of no case to answer before the Court Martial.
The Crown’s case was that M had committed an expenses fraud which they had supported with forged and doctored documentation. The evidence relied upon by the Crown included the documentation - which contained clear discrepancies with the expenses that M had claimed - and accounts given by individuals who had seen M at an event during a period that M had claimed to be away on leave. The case also involved legal argument relating to hearsay evidence relied upon by the Crown, which was successfully excluded.
At the close of the Crown’s case Christopher advanced a submission that there was no case for M to answer. The Judge Advocate acceded to that application, and a not guilty verdict was formally returned. M is therefore able to continue their career.