Property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday won the right to a retrial on the manslaughter charge which landed him with a ten-year prison sentence.
The Court of Appeal quashed Hoogstraten's conviction of involvement in the killing of a business rival and ordered him to be brought to court on a fresh indictment within two months in preparation for a retrial.
Three judges held that Hoogstraten's conviction a year ago was unsafe.
Hoogstraten, 58, was remanded in custody pending the retrial.
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