R v Governor of Pentonville Prison, Ex parte Alves

Subject Matter

EXTRADITION — Committal proceedings — Evidence — Alleged accomplice's statement before Swedish court implicating accused — Accomplice retracting statement in committal proceedings — Whether statement capable of forming basis for committal — Whether magistrate required to consider Swedish court's jurisdiction — Extradition Act 1989, Sch 1, para 7(1) — Sweden (Extradition) Order 1966, Sch 1, arts 1, 3

[1993] AC 284; [1992] 3 WLR 844

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Unfavourable and Hostile Witnesses - Evidential Value of Previous Inconsistent Statement of Hostile Witness - Direction on ‘Unreliability’ F6.56

Prima Facie Case D31.32

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Unfavourable and Hostile Witnesses - Hostile witnesses 49.61