September 2, 2025
R (Respondent) v Perry (Appellant) [2025] UKSC 17 (30 April 2025)
Ms Perry was convicted of collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists. She appealed arguing the trial judge misconstrued her defence statement. The Supreme Court held that interpreting the defence statement was a question of fact, not law, and dismissed her appeal against concurrent findings. Facts The appellant, Ms Perry, was convicted of collecting or making a record of information likely to be useful to a terrorist under section 58(1)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2000. During a police search of her home, handwritten notes on cigarette papers were found containing coded information relating to a 2015 arms seizure that
