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[2011] UKPC 21
Privy Council Appeal No 0012 of 2010
JUDGMENT
Phillip Tillett (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent)
From the Court of Appeal of Belize
before
Lord Walker
Lord Mance
Lord Dyson
Sir Christopher Rose
Sir Stephen Sedley
JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY
Lord Dyson
ON
18 July 2011
Heard on 9 June 2011
Appellant Michael Grieve QC Richard Thomas (Instructed by Simons Muirhead & Burton) |
Respondent (Not represented) |
LORD DYSON:
The first ground of appeal: counsel's failure to challenge the evidence of PO Pop.
The second ground of appeal
The Court. You told that to the police what is in the statement?
A. Yes, Sir"
The Court. Now the follow up question was: whether that is true, what's in the statement or what you say here in court. Which one is true? You have to choose because two of them are different.
Q. Which is correct?
The Court. You don't know which one is correct?
A. The statement is correct.
The Court. The statement is correct?
A. Yes, Sir"
Conclusion