THE Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a former ‘most wanted’ armed robbery suspect because his lawyer went contrary to his instructions to inform the court he was beaten by police to confess to a gun heist.

Appellate Justices Jon Isaacs, Stella Crane-Scott and Sir Michael Barnett ordered a retrial for Shem Edward Solomon because his lawyer “unilaterally” changed his instructions that his confession was forced. And, as the alleged confession was the only evidence against him, the appellate judges said it was “incumbent” on his attorney, whose name was not mentioned, to strive to not have them exhibited during trial...

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