Clause 38 - Application by prosecution for trial to be
Criminal Justice Bill
5:45 pm
Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West, Labour)
This is a short and serious point. If a judge came to the conclusion, on the balance of probabilities, that a case was at serious risk of jury tampering, is the hon. Gentleman saying that it would not be sufficient for him to say, in all conscience, that there was a risk that the case would go pear-shaped? Surely, that would be enough?