R v Love and Hyde [2013] EWCA Crim 257 – S 9 TA – s 5(1) IA – r 39.3 CrimPR 2013 - s 111 PCCSA.
1) a trial is not complete for the purposes of s 5(1) IA until the point of sentencing; hence an indictment can be amended after a guilty plea has been entered.
2) court has power to vacate guilty pleas without application to do so by D.
3) amendment to indictment can only be made where it causes no injustice.
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