Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 239 - A defendant may be tried again on separate charge in certain cases

A defendant acquitted or convicted of an offence may afterwards be tried for a distinct offence for which a separate charge might have been made against him on the previous trial under the provisions of section 211 of this Act.

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