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Witness For The Prosecution
In the UK, are the jury allowed to know if a witness has been given a deal to testify? For example, they were caught red handed with something but will give evidence in exchange for immunity and/or witness protection.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I doubt it. In a case of drug supply in which I was on the Jury, the defendant had been arrested for handling stolen goods and pleaded guilty. The cops also found drugs in his car along with the stolen goods on a stop-and-search so brought the further charge. On several occasions during the trial we (the jury) had to be escorted back out to the jury room while the Defence made a point-of-law which presumably would have revealed the "secret" and possibly prejudiced us against the defendant.
I googled is a deal with the prosecution disclosable
and came across this Napley Wilson essay
I would have thought a deal was relevant evidence ( I am not a lawyer) - but as you make your way thro it,
you can see in the Horzon Post Office inquiry why they were so aghast at Stephen ('Liar') Bradshaw;s evidence ( I disclosed what I was told to) who was investigator AND disclosure officer AND an ex policeman
Post office horizon - which I find compulsive viewing ( up to 3 h a day,whilst I do the ironing etc)
Rodric Williams ( week just gone) thye diftinguish between disclosure at various points of the process and a letter with a list and a pantechnicon with all the papers physically
( I was involved as an observer in a disastrous case of non-disclosure ( " this audit virtually exonerated the accused....") - and the letter with the list had been sent and was found in the dogs basket ( no really))