Double Jeopardy - Historic Rape.

A 60-year-old man was sentenced last month at Reading Crown Court to 8 years imprisonment for a rape committed 26 years ago.This was after the CPS successfully applied to quash his previous not guilty verdict for the offence, using the Double Jeopardy legislation.The defendant McGuire plead guilty after forensic evidence relating to the rape victim matched his DNA profile. HS&Co are experienced in this field of historic sexual crimes and we utilise our own forensic experts when preparing a case.