The only clue at the scene was blood on a piece of glass and detectives traced the 25-year-old identical twins through DNA tests. But James and John both denied the theft and, because they have identical DNA, it has been impossible to prove if either of them were responsible.
The Crown Prosecution Service has now decided it cannot press charges against the brothers, from Ramsbottom, Bury. When the twins were approached, each of them denied that they were responsible for the theft. James said: "The police told us that they knew it was one of us, but we both denied it."
CPS spokesman Rob Pett confirmed DNA tests showed that blood found at the scene belonged to one of two identical twins, who both denied their involvement when arrested. He said the CPS had concluded it could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt who was responsible.
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If they are twins and it can be proven that they have good contact and that they do not lead separate lives- why not them arrest and charge them both?
Wouldn't one have a cut on them if there was blood at the scene?
What if they both did it? Police need to go back to 'Policing' & not relying on Science!!
Great... An instant acquittal for future accused murderers if they happen to be identical twins.
I agree with Foreigner1: arrest them both. If the criminal really cares about his innocent brother, he'll confess.
<span>Foreigner1, so you would prefer an innocent man to go to jail than have a guilty man go free? Imagine you were one half of a pair of twins. Your twin brother/sister commits a crime and you both get sent to jail because he/she didn't own up. Would you be happy with that outcome?</span>
While there may be many flaws in the justice system, I'd far rather have the guilty man go free than see an innocent man imprisoned. Remember the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" - if you can't prove beyond reasonable doubt that someone did it, then you cannot say that they are guilty.
One of them did it- That has been proven beyond doubt.
It seems to me that it could be rather easily proven how close these two are or were. If they were close, they will have known about what the other did.
And if these two have a shred of decensy in them, the one that did it soon enough will confess to get the innocent one out of trouble.
In my world, if'one is close with whoever and the other does unlawful stuff like harming others and one does not tell, both are just as guilty as the one who did it and both deserve equal punishment as long as is not clear who did what.
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