The strong considerations of principle and public policy favouring joint trial of joint offenders are not displaced merely because out-of-court statements by one co-accused, inadmissible against the other, will be placed before the jury. Where the prosecution case against the applicant for separate trial is very strong based on that applicant's own admissions, and the facts are relatively straightforward, clear and conventional directions to the jury will be adequate to prevent miscarriage of justice.
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