Man cleared after 12 years in prison

Judges find voluntary confession inherently improbable

Just occasionally, you read a judgment that makes your jaw drop.

This one was delivered yesterday by five justices of the Supreme Court. In the words of Lord Kitchin and Lord Burrows, it’s about “a young man [who] has been languishing in prison for over 12 years on the basis of a confession that should never have been admitted in evidence against him”.

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