Lord Bingham said: ‘If there is clear evidence that a police officer, whose credit and credibility are significant in the case before the jury, has been guilty of serious malpractice on an earlier occasion, that necessarily damages his credibility when it falls to be judged on the second occasion, even though the malpractice alleged on the second occasion is of a different kind.’
Judges:
Lord Bingham
Citations:
[2000] 2 Cr App 8
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Livingstone CANI 25-Jun-2013
The defendant appealed against his conviction for murder, saying that police officers had fabricated a confession, and had severely mistreated another detainee to concoct further evidence.
Held: The appeal was allowed. Had the material . .
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Criminal Evidence, Police
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.535594
