The appellant appealed his conviction, arguing the trial judge erred in admitting his statements to police and in failing to give a Vetrovec warning regarding accomplice evidence.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding no error in the trial judge's assessment of the voluntariness of the statements despite police failure to follow videotaping guidelines.
The Court also held that the omission of a Vetrovec warning was not fatal, as the accomplices had resiled from their KGB statements and gave exculpatory evidence at trial, making them more akin to defence witnesses.
