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Judge "devastated" that robbery case costing £22 million collapses for third time

By John Hirst

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Judge "devastated" that robbery case costing £22 million collapses for third time

A Heathrow robbery trial has been abandoned for the third time at the Old Bailey, at an estimated cost to the public of £22 million.

John Twomey, 60, the alleged robber, has been bailed and will now face a fourth trial over the hold-up of Menzies World Cargo warehouse at the airport in February 2004.

Judge Jeremy Roberts discharged the jury after five months. He would not give any reason for the decision, which he said came despite the "enormous cost to the public".

"I don't quite know how to say this, because it is the last thing I wanted to tell, you but I am afraid we are not going to be able to continue with this trial," he said.

"In the course of a major criminal trial like this one, events sometimes occur which create the risk of real injustice or unfairness to one side or the other and sometimes those events are so serious that the trial cannot continue.

"That is what has happened in this case. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to give you any further information about what has occurred".

The trial for a £1.75M robbery has so far cost £22M and still justice has not been served? What price justice?

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).

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