Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 223 - Where defendant charged with one offence may be convicted of another

Where a defendant is charged with one offence and it appears in evidence that he committed a different offence with which he might have been charged under the provisions of this Act, he may be convicted of the offence, which he is shown to have committed although he was not charged with it.

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