R v Clancy (2012)
Here the defendant had been convicted in the Crown Court on two counts of possessing a bladed article, contrary to section 139(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. At the trial her defence was one of ‘good reason’ for the possession of the knife under section 139(4) of the Act. During a taxi journey the appellant alleged she was sexually assaulted by the taxi driver. She had returned home, putting two kitchen knives in her bag, and had headed back to the taxi office where she had claimed to have been assaulted by the taxi driver. She was arrested by the police before she could get there.
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