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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I wonder if the same sort of comments about the jury not arriving at the 'right' decision will come from this as it did for the Coulson statue trial? Will the AG refer it to the Court of Appeal for review to 'clarify' the law?
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A genuinely good point - of course, in both cases the jury is right because a properly directed jury can never be wrong. That’s a basic tenet of our system. Appeals against conviction may be made on the basis that the jury was not properly directed but appeals against acquittal cannot, except in extremely rare and compelling cases where a serious crime has been committed.