Brussels, 06/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling in case C-398/12 on Thursday 5 June, the European Court of Justice said that double indemnity rules mean that it is not possible to re-prosecute an individual if a case has been dismissed through lack of evidence.
The European judges were ruling on the case of an Italian living in Belgium against whom a long trial ended in his being discharged through lack of evidence that was confirmed by the Belgian appeals court. The man then faced a...