Can Hogan be tried in Britain for an alleged crime he committed in Greece?
Under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 a Briton accused of murder or manslaughter abroad can be put on trial at home. It is relatively rare but there were two cases last year – one involved the husband and mother-in-law of a woman victim of an “honour killing” in India; the second was a man from Kent who murdered a travelling companion in Spain. But Hogan has already been cleared of murder and manslaughter in Greece. The double jeopardy rule meant it was not possible to put a person on trial for a second time over an offence they had already been cleared of. But the law was changed and the CPS will have to consider whether the amended legislation permits a person cleared abroad to be tried in the UK.
