The court set down the general approach to be taken where a suspect refused to answer questions put during his interview by the police.
Judges:
Lord Justice Laws Mr Justice Newman Sir Richard Tucker
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Crim 1, [2003] Crim LR 405
Links:
Statutes:
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 34
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Confirmed – Regina v Knight CACD 29-Jul-2003
The defendant had given no answers during his police interview, but instead his solicitor read out a full written statement of his case. At trial, he did not depart from the statement thus provided. He appealed after the judge allowed the jury to . .
Cited – Beckles, Regina v CACD 12-Nov-2004
The appellant had been convicted in 1997 of robbery and false imprisonment. His case was now refererred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The defendant had, on advice from his solicitor refused to answer questions at the police station. The . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.178810
