[2012] NICA 14

Convictions for offences relating to terrorism in Northern Ireland in the 1970s were found to be unreliable where, although evidence regarding the suggestibility of a 15-year-old defendant had been disregarded at trial, a considerable body of evidence had since built up to suggest that mentally handicapped young people were likely to be more vulnerable in police interviews because they might be suggestible.

CA (NI) (Morgan LCJ, Higgins LJ, Girvan LJ)

23/05/2012