The defendant appealed against his conviction for conspiracy to rob, saying that the court should have admitted evidence from a medical report confirming his low IQ, and the likelhood of his being suggestible during police interview, and also that he had been acting under duress.
Held: The defendant had been shown in tests under the Gudjinsson Suggestibility scale that he would change his answers under pressure more readily than would most of the population. That evidence was important and should have been admitted. The conviction was unsafe.
Judges:
Clarke LJ, Gibbs J, Stanley Burnton J
Citations:
Times 04-Nov-2004
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Criminal Evidence
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.219424
