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EFFECT OF DELAY








       • Faded memory of the witnesses (Charles, Carter and Carter


          v The State 54 WIR 455)



       • Death of key witnesses



       • Illness of key witnesses



       • Destruction of evidence (Khalid Ali v CPS West Midlands


          (2007) EWCA Crim 691)
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