28 Jun 2018
R v HUIRUA [2018] NZHC 1568
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1568
- Court
- High Court
Judge found on balance that the circumstances did not render the admissions unreliable; although the unrecorded prolonged questioning and failure to comply with Practice Note r5 rendered the obtaining of the statements unfair, exclusion would be disproportionate given absence of deliberate police impropriety, spontaneity and corroborative material; accordingly the admissions were admitted into evidence.