Capital Letter: Undercover police posing as prisoners
The majority judgment noted the “obvious implications for protected rights” arising from such activity but also that the courts in NZ and elsewhere.
With a murder trial completed and a culprit (R) behind bars, the Supreme Court has released its reasons for upholding a Court of Appeal decision ruling inadmissible admissions obtained from K by two undercover police officers placed in a cell with him for the express purpose of encouraging him to