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Vestre Landsret dismissed the appeal, ruling that handcuffs at trial were unjustified without special circumstances.

Case Number SS-1593/2016-VLR
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Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Vestre Landsret overturned the byret's decision to order the defendant to wear handcuffs during the trial. The defendant argued the measure was excessive, while the prosecution had not provided specific grounds for deviation from the general principle. The court held that without special circumstances justifying it, the lower court erred in applying handcuffs.

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Almindelige principper; Det almindelige principper om, at en sigtet eller tiltalt ikke skal være i håndjern under et retsmøde, fraviges kun ved særlige omstændigheder.

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handcuffs at trial procedural safeguards lower court error special circumstances criminal procedure principle

Cited Legislation

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U.1999.642V
herved tillige U.1999.642V og U.2001.2254V.
U.2001.2254V
herved tillige U.1999.642V og U.2001.2254V.
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SS-3293/2011-OLR
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Byrettens afgørelse om, at tiltalte skulle være i håndjern under retsmøde, var uberettiget

[DOKUMENT] Afgørelse (2 sider) Vestre Landsrets 8. afdeling holdt den 25. august 2016 kl. 13.45 møde på tingstedet i Viborg.

Som dommere fungerede landsdommerne Henrik Bjørnager Nielsen, Esben Hvam og Lars Krunderup (kst.).

V.L. S–1593–16

Anklagemyndigheden mod Tiltalte 1

født den Dato 1 1978

Fremlagte bilag:

− udskrift af retsbogen for Retten i Horsens med bilag.

Den 23. august 2016 har byretten afsagt kendelse om, at Tiltalte 1 skulle være i håndjern under retsmødet.

Kendelsen er kæret af Tiltalte 1 .

Landsretten afsagde

K e n d e l s e:

Det følger af almindelige principper, at en sigtet eller tiltalt som det klare udgangspunkt ikke skal være i håndjern under et retsmøde, jf. herved tillige U.1999.642V og U.2001.2254V.

Da der efter sagens oplysninger ikke foreligger sådanne særlige omstændigheder, at der har været grundlag for at fravige det nævnte udgangspunkt, burde tiltalte ikke have været i håndjern under retsmødet.

T h i b e s t e m m e s:

Afgørelsen om, at Tiltalte 1 skulle være i håndjern under retsmødet, var uberettiget.

Sagen sluttet.

Henrik Bjørnager Nielsen