Fallon walks free as case collapses

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

I know it probably wasn't your intent, Ann, since the headline in one of the stories below uses these words, but it always annoys me when someone terms an acquittal as the defendant having "walked free" (and a win on demurrer is as much an acquittal as a verdict of "not guilty").
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I was quoting the Racing Post story, that I was unable to copy and paste. Put up their headline and condensed the rest. One could intrepet it as meaning he is now free of the possibility of conviction hanging over his head.