Application by CPS for retrial. D had been acquitted of murder, but DNA evidence had subsequently been obtained to justify a retrial.
Held: A possible failure by forensics to find the evidence at first was not enough to make a retrial unfair.
Judges:
Sir Brian Leveson P
Citations:
[2015] EWCA Crim 585
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.548110