Homicide: Acquittals

(asked on 15th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Court acquittals in homicide cases in each of the last five years have been followed by an acknowledgement that the jury was misdirected.


Answered by
Andy Slaughter Portrait
Andy Slaughter
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 22nd October 2026

The CPS does not hold data that would identify, for each of the last five years, the number of Crown Court acquittals in homicide cases in which it was subsequently acknowledged that the jury had been misdirected.

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