Barnes v Chief Constable of Durham, sub nom DPP v Barnes (1998) 162 JP 126.
- dock identification permissible in magistrates' court.
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Related case digests
- Karia v DPP (2002) 166 JP 753 - PACE Code D.
- dock identification - article 6 ECHR. 1) dock identification permissible where P not given prior notice that identity is an issue. - not unfair for D to be required to say before trial if identity is in issue. - defence ambush - article 6 provides for fairness to P as well as to D. 2) dock identification, without more, is of little probative value. 3) PACE Code D only applicable where D disputes identification before trial.