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[2] In the event, the trial judge directed the jury that in assessing the evidence about the appellant's attendance at the Royal Infirmary they could, by way of exception to the rule against hearsay, have regard to the evidence of what the appellant said to the medical staff and of what he had said about that to the police. She did not, however, make any reference to any other part of the police interview and, in particular, to the denial of guilt.
[3] It was conceded by the Crown that the evidence of everything said to the police should be regarded as a "mixed statement" and, in light of that concession, we accept the submission made by Ms Mitchell, for the appellant, that the trial judge's failure to refer to the denial of guilt as being also an exception to the rule against hearsay constituted a misdirection.
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