Three judges ruled that the defence had raised the plea of inadmissibility of the statement in a manner “entirely irregular and contrary to the dispositions of criminal law,” and that the Criminal Court had "not only failed to follow procedure, but also based its decision on facts which had not emerged during the trial."
The accused, who was just 17 years old at the time of the burglary, is indicted for theft aggravated by violence, value and place, as well as illegally detaining the woman against her will and inflicting grievous injury