A person cannot be lawfully punished for offences for which he has not been indicted and which he has denied or declined to admit and have not been proved.
Judges:
Lord Bingham of Cornhill CJ
Citations:
[1997] EWCA Crim 1676, [1998] 1 WLR 604
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Saik, Regina v HL 3-May-2006
The defendant appealed aganst his conviction for conspiracy to engage in moneylaundering. At trial he pleaded guilty subject to a qualification that he had not known that the money was the proceeds of crime, though he may have suspected that it . .
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Crime
Updated: 08 October 2022; Ref: scu.151131