[2008] EWCA Crim 895

The form of an indictment could properly be criticised as having been defective in that it did not spell out the mental element of the offence in the usual and desirable manner. However, it did not follow that it did not give reasonable information as to the nature of the charge, let alone that it charged an offence unknown to law.

CA (Crim Div) (Lord Phillips LCJ, Wilkie J, Openshaw J)

08/04/2008