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Right to silence; LALMS Alun Michael MP (Shadow Home Affairs Minister) down stairs towards CMS Alun Michael MP (Shadow Home Affairs Minister) intvwd SOT -The govt will back down on Clause 28 of the Criminal Justice Bill but Clause 27 is also very dangerous EXTN IRELAND LAGV Prison building and high security fence ZOOM ININT MS Police station door opened to reveal table and chairs next table in interview roomLALMS CCTV camera in corner of room PAN L-R to anotherEXTLMS Police officers on streetBV Police officer awayBV Policeman and soldier on streetINTCMS Sam Beattie (Chairman N Ireland Police Federation) intvwd SOT -The accused should have a proper trial but there should be no technicality for the accused to hide behindCMS David Trimble MP (Ulster Unionist Legal Affairs spokesman) intvwd SOT -Plenty of other safeguards exist to restrain the police from making unsafe prosecutions EXTBelfast GV Court House LMS People through security gates outside courtsLACMS Sign above gate "Courts" PULL OUT as people throughLAMS Security camerasINTCMS Barra McGrory (Solicitors Criminal Bar Assoc N Ireland) intvwd SOT -People may remain silent because they are not articulate in their own defence or because they do not trust the policeCMS Michael Ritchie (Committee on the Administration of Justice) intvwd SOT -Statistics show the right of silence hasn't made any difference in terms of the number of convictions but police are now charging people when they might not have done so before/ the changes to the right of silence are altering the balance to the burden of proof EXT/NIGHTENGLAND LondonWestminsterGV Palace of Westminster PAN R-LLAMS Big BenBV Policeman directing traffic