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Road Safety Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am interested in my noble friend’s point about double jeopardy, because we have heard that that now applies in ordinary manslaughter or murder cases. We have heard reports in the press about someone’s car being stolen and the driver deliberately running over the owner of the car. I do not know whether that person survived, but it certainly was a deliberate attempt to injure or kill. It would be desirable to have the option of a number of charges, but, like my noble friend, I would like to know whether the court can determine the outcome as an ““either/or”” case, or whether double jeopardy applies and the defendant could face a double trial.