The Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial in a case involving Alan Hanley after an earlier conviction was quashed because the trial judge failed to give a particular warning that had been sought.
In an ex tempore judgment delivered on 11 June 2018, the court said it had considered submissions by Mr Bowman opposing the Director of Public Prosecutions’ application for a retrial. It concluded that a retrial was appropriate because evidence remained for a jury to consider and the matter should ultimately be resolved by a jury verdict.
The judgment records the retrial order. It does not identify the offence or describe the evidence, the requested warning, or the circumstances in which the conviction was quashed.