If the [Birmingham Six] win [their appeal against conviction] it will mean that the police were guilty of perjury, that they were guilty of violence and threats, that the confessions were involuntary and were improperly admitted in evidence and that the convictions were erroneous. That would mean that the home secretary would either have to recommend they be pardoned or he would have to remit the case to the Court of Appeal. This is such an appalling vista that every sensible person in the land would say: it cannot be right that these actions should go further.
Lord Denning in his capacity as Master of the Roles. Cited by R. Bennett in ‘Criminal Justice’
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