Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 230 - Defendant charged with burglary may be convicted of kindred offence

Where on trial for burglary, housebreaking or related offence, the facts proved in evidence justify a conviction for some other offences and not the offence with which the defendant is charged, he may be convicted of the other offence and be punished as if he had been convicted on a charge or an information charging him with the offence.

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