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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS V CORNISH (1997)

PUBLISHED January 22, 1997
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When deciding whether a confession by a mentally retarded person was reliable notwithstanding no appropriate adult having been present when it was made, the court should consider all the circumstances in which it was made before deciding not to admit it.

QBD (Kennedy LJ, Mance J)

22/01/1997

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