Where a defendant is acquitted of offences of which he was charged, it was not legitimate then to infer that he had benefitted from those offences for confiscation proceedings.
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30810/03, [2007] ECHR 191, (2007) 46 EHRR 1222
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Cited – Briggs-Price, Regina v HL 29-Apr-2009
The applicant appealed against a confiscation order made on the basis of evidence obtained for and given in a trial that he had profited from the importation of cannabis. He had not faced trial on an associated charge, but had been convicted of . .
See Also – Geerings v The Netherlands ECHR 14-Feb-2008
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Cited – Gale and Another v Serious Organised Crime Agency SC 26-Oct-2011
Civil recovery orders had been made against the applicant. He had been accused and acquitted of drug trafficking allegations in Europe, but the judge had been persuaded that he had no proper explanation for the accumulation of his wealth, and had . .
Cited – Gale and Another v Serious Organised Crime Agency SC 26-Oct-2011
Civil recovery orders had been made against the applicant. He had been accused and acquitted of drug trafficking allegations in Europe, but the judge had been persuaded that he had no proper explanation for the accumulation of his wealth, and had . .
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Updated: 14 August 2022; Ref: scu.249329