Article: 'Secret' witnesses are vital, say police; Outcry at Law Lords ruling.(News)

Byline: BY RICHARD DOWN Daily Post Staff

KEY political figures and police chiefs used a highprofile conference in Liverpool to join the debate surrounding anonymous witnesses.

Yesterday, a pounds 6m murder trial at the Old Bailey in London was halted following a ruling from the Law Lords last week that defendants had a right to know the identity of those testifying against them.

Some of the country's highest ranking officers gathered yesterday at the BT Convention Centre, at the Kings Dock, for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) annual conference.

Association of Police Authorities chairman Bob Jones, president of ACPO, Ken ...

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