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Sheppard v Home Secretary | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a judge had been entitled to find that a prisoner who alleged an assault by prison officers had fractured his own jaw; whether the judge’s actions caused an unfair trial. | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal; | 
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| Reference:    | 
B3/2002/0934 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2002] EWCA Civ 1921 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Waller, Tuckey and Laws LJJ | 
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| Date:  | 
11 December 2002 |