View source for R v Wells (2015) EWCA Crim 2, (2015) MHLO 5

"In each appeal and application before the court, the defendant has been found unfit to plead: that is to say, based on medical evidence, the court has found that one or more of the following criteria is satisfied namely that he or she does not have the ability to plead to the indictment, to understand the course of the proceedings, to instruct a lawyer, to challenge a juror, to understand the evidence. ... Where a defendant's disability impacts on his/her ability to take part in a trial but he/she is not otherwise affected by a psychiatric condition such as renders what is said in interview unreliable (whether or not the delusional traits are apparent on the face of the interview), there is no reason why the jury should not hear them albeit with an appropriate warning. When considering the extent to which evidence of the interview should be admitted, it remains relevant to consider all the circumstances."

==ICLR==
{{ICLR|R v Wells (2015) EWCA Crim 2, (2015) MHLO 5}}

==MHLR==
{{MHLR|2016|49}}

==External links==
{{#bailii:(2015) EWCA Crim 2}}

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