(Bahamas) The defendant appealed against his conviction for murder saying that a written confession should not have been admitted. It had been taken when he was a minor and had not been given a lawyer or an appropriate adult during interview.
Held: The question being raised, it was for the prosecution to establish that the confession was reliable. The presence of abishop when the statement was finally signed was not enough to displace
Lady Hale, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes
[2016] UKPC 29, [2016] WLR(D) 542
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
Criminal Practice
Updated: 24 January 2022; Ref: scu.570456
