Northern Irish Court of Appeal dismisses appeal from burglary conviction holding that evidence of bad character was correctly admitted by the trial judge in the circumstances.
Appeal of conviction – burglary with intent to steal contrary to section 9 (1) (a) of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 – whether trial judge erred in not withdrawing the case from the jury – whether judge erred in admitting evidence of the appellant's bad character – victim picked out the appellant from police photo album – video identification procedure – prosecution sought to introduce 127 previous convictions of the appellant related to burglary, criminal damage, going equipped for theft, receiving stolen property, handling and theft – judge admitted 25 convictions for burglary and attempted burglary of dwelling houses – Article 6 (3) of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 – Turnbull direction.