A pre-trial judge's discretion to admit evidence obtained by covert police officers placed in a watch house cell with an accused who has exercised the right to silence will not be overturned on appeal where the judge properly identified the circumstances enlivening the discretion, considered the relevant inquiries, and reached a conclusion reasonably open on the whole of the circumstances, even where police failed to comply with statutory requirements for extending the detention period under the PPRA.
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