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Court of Criminal Appeal refuses leave to appeal from conviction of murder, where incriminating admissions made by accused following raid of hotel room.
Criminal law - appeal from conviction – murder – evidence – admissibility – statement allegedly made on arrest, and after caution: “Guard, I had to kill him, he was going to kill me. I owed him money and, you know yourself, he was going to fucking kill me. I had to kill him. Once I stabbed him once, I had to kill or he would have fucking killed me.” – lawfulness of arrest – hotel room as dwelling – entry into hotel room – section 6(2)(b) of the Criminal Law Act 1997 – reasonable force of entry - necessity of using force to enter – fear of absconding or avoiding justice – Special Detective Unit.
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