it was repeatedly mentioned in the media that Beech was a "convicted pedophile"

I though previous convictions cannot be mentioned?

Could this be the basis for an appeal?

Here's the CPS guidance on bad character evidence.

www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/bad-character-evidence


Carl Beech's convictions would be admissable under gateway 7, because he made attacks on the character of others. However, I'm not sure if this only applies to others involved in the trial, ie one of the men he accused giving evidence as a prosecution witness for example.

The issue regresses to the basic question of how do we know Mr Beech was making it all up? An accusation on its own, without any supporting evidence, has been enough to convict tens of thousands of men (including our host, to name but one). How does the CPS distinguish between Carl Beech and any other historical complainant who is treated as a genuine victim?

This statement from Mark Watts of Exaro is suggesing the same thing hedda.
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