Burut v Public Prosecutor

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Type: Case

Citation: [1995] 2 AC 579, PC

Summary: Defendants manacled and hooded during police interrogation but not when made written statements — Interviews while defendants manacled and hooded constituted oppressive conduct by police and could be inferred statements had been or might have been obtained by oppression — Prosecution failed to prove statements voluntary and wrongly admitted in evidence

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Court: PC

Jurisdiction: Brunei Darussalam

Date 25 Apr 1995