Thank you all, it's been an interesting discussion on what happens now with Max.
When I first asked the question it was really in relation to Lauren and Abi saying they would see Max about an appeal (or something like that) as I thought it couldn't be right that the process has to wait for Max to appeal if the police are now convinced that Bobby committed the murder and that therefore Max is innocent.
Having looked into this a bit further, my understanding of what happens now is that the police contact the CPS, who will have to take the matter back to court as, quite rightly it is for the court to make the final decision. However, as this could take some time, as long as the CPS are 100% convinced by the police that Max didn't do it, he should be allowed out on bail, pending a final decision by the court. To do otherwise would be grossly unfair on Max if everyone now knows he didn't do it. (This, of course, does not take account of the complication Dazzle raised about the extra year for escaping.)
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