The prosecutor appealed a ruling that the video evidence of a handicapped child should be given in its full form.
Held: The child’s evidence could not properly be understood without the references to irrelevant matters. The whole tape should therefore be played. Otherwise it would not be proper to include irrelevant matters just because the evidence was given by video.
Citations:
Times 09-Oct-2003
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Evidence
Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.186972