Where the defendant faced a confiscation order resulting from conviction on charge only added to indictment, the period of six years was the period running up to the commencement of the proceedings to which the charge was later added, not the adding of the count.
Citations:
Times 15-Jul-1998, [1998] EWCA Crim 2107
Statutes:
Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 11 October 2022; Ref: scu.154981