SQE1 sample questions

Question 26

A woman has died. A few days after her body was found, her husband went to a bar and became very drunk. He admitted to a friend that he had killed his wife because he was jealous of her relationship with another man. This conversation was overheard by the manager of the bar.

The husband's friend and the manager gave statements to the police detailing the husband’s admission. The husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder and interviewed under caution, during which he denied killing his wife and denied making the admission to his friend.

Is the husband’s admission to his friend in the bar admissible at his trial as an exception to the rule against hearsay?

A. No, because the admission was made outside his trial.

B. No, because the admission was not confirmed by the husband in his interview under caution.

C. Yes, because the admission can be corroborated by more than one person.

D. Yes, because it is an admission to an offence.

E. No, because the husband was drunk when he made the admission.