Where a defendant is called into the witness box, and gives no evidence in chief, but answers questions put to him by the prosecution has not failed to give evidence and so no adverse inference was to be drawn against him.
Citations:
Times 15-Mar-1999, [1999] UKHL 13, [1999] 1 WLR 598
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (SI 1988 / 1987 (NI 20)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Evidence, Northern Ireland
Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.135139