The case has led to the government announcing plans to scrap the double jeopardy rule in murder cases.

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The House of Lords is currently considering the Criminal Justice Bill, which includes proposals on changing the double jeopardy rule.

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He welcomed the call to allow second trials but said it was "irrational" to confine the change in the double jeopardy rule to just murder trials.

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Likewise, that pesky technicality, the double jeopardy rule whereby no one is tried more than once for the same crime could be set aside for serious violent and sexual offences.

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Last year, a committee of members of Parliament suggested that the double-jeopardy rule should be changed only in cases punishable by life imprisonment.

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Weston was cleared in 1996 but the case was reopened in 2005 when the "double jeopardy" rule was removed, which stopped people being arrested for the same crime twice.

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