Andrew Smith (S) operated a gardening business, All Seasons Tree & Garden Landscapes. He conducted some work for a customer, Sydney McFarlane (M). The work did not go as planned and M contacted trading standards. In due course S was charged with fraud, contrary to s 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) and with having ‘in his possession . . . any article for use in the course of or in connection with any fraud’, contrary to s 6 of the 2006 Act. On the latter charge, the Crown alleged that S had subsequently created a false cancellation notice, purportedly signed by M, in order to try to conceal the earlier fraud. S appeared before HHJ Cooper and a jury at Cambridge Crown Court in June 2019. HHJ Cooper directed the jury that s 6 applied in such circumstances. S was convicted and appealed.

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过去、现在和未来的紧张局势。2006 年欺诈法第 6 条是否适用于既存欺诈？R v Smith [2020] EWCA Crim 38，上诉法院

Andrew Smith (S) 经营园艺业务，即四季树木和花园景观。他为客户悉尼麦克法兰 (M) 进行了一些工作。工作没有按计划进行，M 联系了交易标准。在适当的时候，S 被指控犯有欺诈罪，这违反了 2006 年欺诈法（2006 年法案）的第 1 条，并被指控“拥有 ”。. . 任何在欺诈过程中使用或与欺诈有关的物品”，违反 2006 年法案第 6 条。在后一项指控中，官方指控 S 随后制作了一份据称由 M 签署的虚假取消通知，以试图掩盖早先的欺诈行为。S 于 2019 年 6 月出现在 HHJ Cooper 和剑桥刑事法庭的陪审团面前。 HHJ Cooper 指示陪审团在这种情况下适用 6。S被定罪并上诉。