changing story

[SHELLP]

if a defendent at crown court tells a story totally different to what he told police when questioned and charged will court accept this. this new story has been created to put him in a nuch better light and have been told this is his defence even though it bears no resemblence to what he told police

[kempie]

The defendant would have originally been interviewed under caution of the type:

"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."

The jury is entitled to infer, if they choose, that the accused fabricated the explanation at a later date if he refused to provide the explanation during police questioning.

[SHELLP]

He held me at knifepoint and refused to let me out of the house he has been charged with aggrivated ABH he told the police that there was no knife involved I have now been informed by a good source that his defence is the reason he headbutted and hit me was because I had a knife to him and I was demented and it was the only way he could get it off me Will they believe him