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Rev. Ian Paisley
asked the Attorney-General how many persons in the last year have been acquitted as a result of their confession statements being ruled inadmissible; and how this compares with previous years.
| Age | Offence | Cause of death | Place of death | |
| 1. | 48 | Murder | Natural causes: coronary artery occlusion | Wakefield |
| 2. | 33 | Murder | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Leeds |
| 3. | 23 | Murder | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Bedford |
| 4. | 38 | Drug offences | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Brixton |
| 5. | 34 | Criminal damage | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Winchester |
| 6. | 28 | Grievous bodily harm | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Leeds |
| 7. | 25 | Robbery | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Durham |
| 8. | 42 | Theft | Natural causes: aortic and mitral insufficiency. | Wandsworth |
| 9. | 39 | Burglary, criminal damage | Natural causes: coronary artery atheroma. | Dartmoor |
| 10. | 17 | Indecent assault | Killed by fellow inmates: asphyxia by hanging. | Risley |
| 11. | 27 | Assault | Natural causes: myocardial degeneration, infective hydrated cysts. | Holloway |
| 12. | 28 | Burglary | Natural causes: acute cardiac failure | Appleton Thorn |
| 13. | 21 | Burglary, theft | Natural causes: sickle cell crisis— sickle cell anaemia. | Bristol |
| 14. | 37 | Wounding | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Birmingham |
| 15. | 19 | Theft, Taking and driving away | Open verdict: acute congestive cardiac failure | Gaynes Hall |
| 16. | 28 | Theft, Actual bodily harm | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Wandsworth |
| 17. | 30 | Grievous bodily harm | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Brixton |
| 18. | 25 | Murder | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Canterbury |
| 19. | 46 | Burglary | Natural causes: coronary thrombosis | Highpoint |
| 20. | 40 | Manslaughter | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Durham |
| 21. | 47 | Manslaughter | Killed by fellow inmate: stabbing | Wakefield |
| 22. | 55 | Attempted rape, indecent assault. | Killed by fellow inmate: stabbing | Wakefield |
| 23. | 23 | Drug offences | Accidental death: asphyxia | Holloway |
| 24. | 33 | Manslaughter | Suicide: haemorrhage, throat wounds | Long Lartin |
| 25. | 61 | Theft | Natural causes: coronary thrombosis | Manchester |
| 26. | 17 | Taking without consent | Natural causes: collapsed while an absconder. | Werrington |
| 27. | 61 | Indecent assault | Natural causes: coronary thrombosis | Brixton |
| 28. | 28 | Fraud | Natural causes: status elepticus | Holloway |
| 29. | 54 | Fraud | Natural causes: renal, cerebral and myocardial infarction. | Brixton |
| 30. | 25 | Rape | Killed by fellow inmate: multiple head injuries. | Maidstone |
| 31. | 37 | Murder | Killed by fellow inmate: strangulation | Parkhurst |
| 32. | 16 | Theft, taking without consent. | Suicide: asphyxia by hanging | Hindley |
The Attorney-General
The information requested is as follows:
| 1980 (to date) | 2 |
| 1979 | 9 |
| 1978 | 12 |
| 1977 | 8 |