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Originally Posted by flylock shox
By contrast, if the police officer then asks the man exactly what happened, or asks him to re-enact the scene, and does so without first informing the man of his rights to counsel, then the subsequent statements or re-enactment would likely be inadmissible. This is because the man is now clearly a suspect in the investigation, rather than a mere witness.
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There is always the out that charter breaches can be disregarded if it "puts the law into disrepute".