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…The way to approach such evidence of visual identification was succinctly stated by Lord Widgery CJ in the well known case of R v Turnbull [1976] 3 All ER 549 at page 552 where he said: “Recognition may be more reliable than…

…identification of a stranger; but, even when the witness is purporting to recognise someone whom he knows, the jury should be reminded that mistakes in recognition of close relatives and friends are sometimes made.”…