R v Glastonbury

The appeal concerned the conviction of the appellant, Glastonbury, on a charge of aggravated robbery of the Greenwith Post Office. The prosecution alleged that the robbery occurred on 10 November 2010, with the appellant being armed with a firearm. The appellant was convicted by a unanimous jury verdict.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the appellant's conviction on the aggravated robbery charge constituted a miscarriage of justice. This involved a review of the evidence presented at trial, particularly the testimony of accomplices and the directions given to the jury regarding such evidence.

The Chief Justice, Kourakis CJ, after reviewing the entirety of the evidence, expressed no doubt that the appellant had been properly convicted on the fourth count. The court noted that the trial judge had correctly warned the jury about the dangers of convicting on the uncorroborated evidence of accomplices, and that one accomplice's testimony could not corroborate another's. The Chief Justice's reasoning, which was adopted by David J and Parker J, led to the conclusion that no substantial miscarriage of justice had occurred.

Consequently, the appeal was dismissed.