When is he up for sentencing Alan?
I think that there may be more to this case than meets the eye. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, he ends up with.
Historically though, in instances where there has been no case to answer either the CPS has refused to continue the prosecution as not being in the public interest, or the judge has thrown it out of court. Even if he had no choice but to continue, I think the judge could have instructed the jury to return a not guilty verdict.