[2013] EWCA Crim 1993

An error on an indictment in respect of the date of the Act under which a charge of rape was made had been a precedural error that had caused no prejudice and had not rendered the indictment or the trial a nullity, as the offender had been aware of the case he had to meet and the trial had proceeded on the basis of the correct Act.

CA (Crim Div) (Hallett LJ, Sweeney J, Judge Ziedman QC)

13/11/2013