Struck-down law does not ‘criminalise’ silence, court told

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Court reserves judgment on appeal relating to High Court ruling on ‘right to silence’

The State and Director of Public Prosecutions have urged the Supreme Court to overturn the striking down of a law under which a man was charged with withholding information in connection with the killing of a young man in Sligo.

Mr Sweeney was charged in 2011 with withholding information which might have led to arrest or prosecution of another person in relation to the killing. On Thursday, having heard submissions, Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell, presiding at the five-judge court, said it was reserving judgment on the appeal.

 

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