Looking for older Court of Appeal judgments

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I’m not a lawyer but am looking to find the Court of Appeal judgments in the following cases:

R v Fleming (1993) 14 Cr App R (S) 151
and
R v Mitchell (1997) 1 CAR (S) 90

I can’t find them anywhere online or on BALII (& not quite sure how to decipher the acronyms for more clues). Might they be available in a library anywhere or in a court report? Or does anyone have any suggestions how to obtain them?
Thanks

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My memory is that these are Canadian cases. Not sure if that’s correct. Before advising you further about these can you confirm that it is your understanding that the cases are from Canada.

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My understanding they’re English cases.

4

I’ll look for these cases, but in the meantime the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations is a useful place for deciphering citations.

Cr App R (S) is Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), and CAR is listed as an alternative abbreviation for Cr App R.

CCR is Canadian Criminal Reports, so I can see how the confusion around CAR arose!

5

These Court of Appeal judgments are now available on Mental Health Law Online:

I can see why you were interested in them as both are cases of a patient killing again while subject to restricted hospital orders. The current guidance on sentencing seems to be more flexible than it was then.

6

Thank you very much.

For anyone interested in the Mitchell case, here is the very detailed Inquiry report

7

Also, please does anyone have full texts of the judgments of:

R v Birch (1989) 1 Cr App R (S) 202
and
R v Mbatha (1985) 7 Cr.App.R(S) 373

Thanks

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These two judgments are now on Mental Health Law Online:

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Thank you very much!

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