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June 2002
Regina v Mitchell and Another (CR 4 of 2002) [2002] TCASC 5 (14 June 2002) Confessions excluded where police credibility, failures to investigate alleged beatings, and diary entries created reasonable doubt about voluntariness. Criminal law – Admissibility of confessions – Voluntariness – Allegations of threats and beatings – Duty to record and investigate complaints of ill‑treatment – Reliance on contemporaneous entries (station diary) and witness credibility.	14 June 2002

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June 2002

Regina v Mitchell and Another (CR 4 of 2002) [2002] TCASC 5 (14 June 2002)

Confessions excluded where police credibility, failures to investigate alleged beatings, and diary entries created reasonable doubt about voluntariness.

Criminal law – Admissibility of confessions – Voluntariness – Allegations of threats and beatings – Duty to record and investigate complaints of ill‑treatment – Reliance on contemporaneous entries (station diary) and witness credibility.

14 June 2002