Civil 'Relitigation' of a Criminal Conviction

摘要

The claimant and defendant had been briefly in a sexual relationship which led to the claimant becoming pregnant. The defendant, a medical doctor, sought to procure a miscarriage by seeking to provide the claimant with drugs that would induce a miscarriage. The defendant had been tried in the Crown Court for two counts of attempting to administer poison with intent to procure a miscarriage (Offences Against the Person Act 1861, s. 58) and was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against conviction.