Some sources is a euphemism for "this story is getting crusty so let's invent some."

Taped interviews 17 hours in length would be inadmissible in court. He could voluntarily talk for that time but he would have to be advised that he was offered breaks, and that anything he said over that period may not be used either by prosecution or his defence.

Code D. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.



(There is a NI act that will supersede PACE but contains the same. As this is being pursued as murder, terrorism legislation doesn't apply , if I have read it right.)