R v Doyle (Paul Michael Hugh)

[3]���� The first ground of appeal was that this court should receive evidence, which was not adduced at the trial, in relation to the various mobile telephone calls in order to establish that the evidence at trial concerning the mobile telephone calls was inaccurate.�� In relation to that ground of appeal we considered the evidence in order to determine whether it ought to be admitted, whether it afforded any ground for exercising discretion to extend time to apply for leave to appeal and if so for allowing the appeal.�

[4]���� The second ground of appeal was that the learned trial judge in his charge to the jury ought to have, but failed to direct the jury in relation to the potential for inaccuracies in the call records provided by the network providers for the two mobile phones.�

[5]������� On the hearing of his appeal Mr Doyle appeared on his own behalf with the assistance of a McKenzie Friend.� The prosecution was represented by Ms Auret.�

[7]��� At the time that the vehicles were stopped two mobile telephones were seized by the police.� The first was the appellant�s Nokia phone with a 02 sim card and a telephone number ending in the numbers �021.�� The second was Ms Tremers� iPhone with a 02 sim card and a telephone number ending in �282.�� Both of these were subsequently analysed by Detective Constable Stephen Coates.�

[8]��� At trial the learned trial judge acceded to a prosecution application to admit in evidence the appellant�s previous conviction on 4 April 2008 of the offence of possession of a Class A drug with intent to supply together with a number of the appellant�s other convictions for drug offences.�