Complex sentence: Lord Bingham did not rule that Bentley was innocent, merely that there had been fundamental defects in the trial process; if Bentley had been alive in July 1998 or convicted of the offence, it would have been possible for him to face a retrial.
Split into simpler sentences: Lord Bingham did not rule that Bentley was innocent, merely that there had been fundamental defects in the trial process. If Bentley had been alive in July 1998 or convicted of the offence, it would have been possible for him to face a retrial.