R v Reynolds

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) [2019] EWCA Crim 2145, Lord Justice Simon, Mr Justice Jacobs, and HHJ Munro QC (Sitting as a Judge of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)), 21, 22 November; 5 December 2019

Conspiracy to corrupt - Judicial summing-up - Purpose and nature of

On 19 December 2018 in the Crown Court at Southwark, the appellant was convicted of a single offence of conspiracy to corrupt. The particulars of the offence were that, between January 2002 and March 2011, the appellant had conspired with Johannes Venskus and Anders Wikström to make corrupt payments to officials of the Lithuanian government and others in connection with the award of contracts to companies with which the appellant was associated. Venskus and Wikström pleaded guilty to the same charge before the appellant's trial.