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  • noun Alternative spelling of codefendant.

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Examples

  • Controversy also stalked his seven years at Portsmouth initially under the chairmanship of his co-defendant, Milan Mandaric, bisected by a disastrous few months as manager of their arch-rivals, Southampton.

    Harry Redknapp: the people's manager | Observer profile 2012

  • At the heart of the hacking lay Mulcaire, who was employed by the newspaper on a £100,000-a-year contract, and who was a co-defendant in many of the civil actions.

    How News Group hid the phone-hacking scandal 2012

  • The co-defendant was 14 blocks of white cheddar, including the sage, white pepper and onion varieties.

    FDA ramps up scrutiny on a new area: Cheese Lyndsey Layton 2011

  • It stopped the deportation on the grounds that a prospective conviction of Mr. Qatada in a Jordanian court might be based on evidence extracted by torture from a co-defendant.

    The Decline of Human Rights Bret Stephens 2012

  • The appeals court on Saturday set June 30 as a deadline for a key review of DNA evidence by independent forensic experts in the Knox case and allowed five new witnesses sought by the defense — all inmates in Italian prisons who claim they have information clearing Knox and her Italian co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito.

    Tearful Knox to court: I'm innocent 2011

  • Bellard's co-defendant, T'Keisha Nicole Gilmer, who was 18 at the time of the killings, is also charged and faces a possible sentence of life in prison if convicted.

    Prosecutor to seek death penalty Ruben Castaneda 2011

  • Their concern was that evidence of his involvement in the crimes with which he is charged might have been obtained by the torturing of a co-defendant.

    Abu Qatada's Human Rights 2012

  • In its ruling, the court also cleared Knox's co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, of murder.9.23pm: There has been no reaction from the Kercher family yet.

    Amanda Knox appeal hearing - live updates 2011

  • The co-defendant was 14 blocks of white cheddar, including the sage, white pepper and onion varieties.

    FDA ramps up scrutiny on a new area: Cheese Lyndsey Layton 2011

  • The appeals court on Saturday set June 30 as a deadline for a key review of DNA evidence by independent forensic experts in the Knox case and allowed five new witnesses sought by the defense — all inmates in Italian prisons who claim they have information clearing Knox and her Italian co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito.

    Tearful Knox to court: I'm innocent 2011

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