It has never been a premise of the British judiciary and isn`t on any statutes,you can however be found "Not guilty" all that means is that the jury could not come to a majority decision that the defendant was guilty and therefore would be aquitted pending further investigation if found to be necessary at a later date.
Being aquitted of the charge is nothing more than being released from police custody and the lifting of any bail conditions,,You cannot be found "Innocent" or "Innocent of any charge" unless the judge in very unusuall circumstances says so in a summing up,,usually applied to civil cases,but never in "The Crown vs whoever",
2007-10-16
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