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EXAMPLES OF MISUSE/MANIPULATION




                                                                    (10) Offer no evidence










        • An abuse to proceed with a prosecution where, at a previous


           plea and direction hearing, the prosecution informally


           indicated to defence that it was proposed to offer no


           evidence and where the proposal had been repeated before a



           judge and thereafter adjourned: R v Bloomfield [1997] 1


           Cr.App.R 135, CA
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