If one is charged with a crime and then get acquitted, can they be awarded any costs?
<p>If you get convicted, then generally you have to pay something toward the prosecution costs. But what if you prevail in upholding your innocence? Does the street go two ways?</p>
<p>And does the answer differ at all if it is not the crown but a private party that is the one waging the prosecution?</p>

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<p>If you are charged with a crime and found not guilty, the state has to pay for the following according to <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stpo/__467.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">StPO § 467</a> (code of criminal prosecution):</p>
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<li>Your lawyer</li>
<li>All costs to the court</li>
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<p>There are <em>some</em> cases in which the court may find that <em>some</em> costs are not to be repaid, making up points 2-5.</p>
<p>If the accused was in detention and found not guilty, they are to be repaid for this according to the <a href="https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/streg/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">StrEG</a> - Law for the repayment for law enforcement actions.</p>

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<p>You may be awarded a defense costs order at what now seems to amount to legal aid rates.</p>
<p>Since LASPOA 2012 this has been massively curtailed but the curtailed regime has now been restored to crown trials’ applicability.</p>
<p>As with everything else it has become diminished with austerity.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.defence-barrister.co.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.defence-barrister.co.uk/costs-in-criminal-cases</a></p>

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