Murder suspect's evidence ruled inadmissible in WA trial
ABCA West Australian Police interview of a murder suspect was deemed inadmissible in a recent Supreme Court trial in the state's north after a judge found the accused was questioned without her consent. The ABC can reveal that before the trial, a Supreme Court judge ruled the police's interview of Undalghumen was inadmissible and could not be used as evidence. Police went against the advice of the Custody Notification Service, a 24/7 legal initiative supporting Indigenous people taken into custody, which twice informed them Undalghumen "did not wish to participate at all in any police interview or answer any police questions at all". Justice Whitby also found Undalghumen stated "unequivocally" that she did not want to answer any questions at the beginning of the interview.
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