There was no duty of care to be owed by the police to a victim or witness in relation to their activities in the investigation of a suspected crime.
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When D’s confession was admitted under s.76(2) PACE 1984, the judge had to direct the jury that if they concluded that the confession was obtained by oppression or other improper methods they must ignore it.
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There was no duty of care to be owed by the police to a victim or witness in relation to their activities in the investigation of a suspected crime.
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When D’s confession was admitted under s.76(2) PACE 1984, the judge had to direct the jury that if they concluded that the confession was obtained by oppression or other improper methods they must ignore it.
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A defence of duress was not available where as a result of the defendant voluntarily joining a criminal gang he had foreseen or ought reasonably to have foreseen a risk that he would be forced to act through threats of violence. A statement intended to exonerate the maker and which at face value so appears, but which later becomes damaging to the maker at trial, cannot be a confession under s.76 PACE 1984.
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A person’s fingers, placed in his jacket so as to appear to be a gun, cannot amount to an imitation firearm.
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