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Salmond hint that double jeopardy rule could be axed

The centuries-old "double jeopardy" law which prevents someone from being tried twice for the same crime could be scrapped, the First Minister indicated yesterday in the wake of the World's End fiasco.

The centuries-old "double jeopardy" law which prevents someone from being tried twice for the same crime could be scrapped, the First Minister indicated yesterday in the wake of the World's End fiasco.