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More courts will give the sick and vulnerable young people the opportunity to sign their evidence so they don’t have to attend a trial.
Victims under the age of 18 and others with intellectual disorders, disabilities or disabilities may pre-record their testimony, adding a cross-file, which can be played trial so that they can “avoid the trauma” of appearing in person.Justice Ministry (MoJ) said.
Generation is already present in 18 courts across the country.
But from Monday it will extend to all Crown Courts in London and Kent, as will others in the West Midlands, Sussex and Essex.
The measure, presented after pilots in Liverpool, Leeds and Kingston-upon-Thames, aims to help reduce the strain on patients so that they can “provide their most productive evidence outside the courtroom that many may occasionally find intimidating,” the Justice Department said..
It is up to the judges whether the procedure is appropriate for each case.The evidence is recorded before the judge, the prosecutor and the defense attorneys, as well as the defendant.
The recordings take place as soon as you can imagine after the offence to help the sick not to forget what happened.
Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird welcomed the decision, has the prospect of “transforming” corrupt justice formula reports for many.
He added: “I had long been afraid that young people who complain of victimization will not spend much of their years of training in the procedure, yet reporting on what happened.
“If you can bear your testimony at an early stage, then you will be relaxed.
“The faster those fixes are implemented, the better.”
The generation actually used last year at the trial of Primark’s security guard, Zia Uddin, who was convicted of sexually assaulting four teenage women who were trapped robbing a store in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Justice Minister Alex Chalk said the victims demonstrated “great courage in their appearance, and it is important that they can do it in the least traumatic way imaginable,” adding, “This generation promises its coverage and ability to provide the most productive evidence imaginable, without cutting the defendant’s right to a fair trial.”
From Monday, the following Crown courts will pre-script the evidence in London: Old Bailey, Croydon, Harrow, Inner London, Isleworth, Snaresbrook, Southwark, Wood Green and Woolwich, as well as Basildon and Chelmsford in Essex, Canterbury and Maidstone.in Kent, Guildford in Surrey, Lewes in Sussex and Staffordshire.
The generation is already present in Aylesbury, Bradford, Bristol, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Kingston-upon-Thames, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Mold, Northampton, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Sheffield, Swansea and Wolverhampton.
The government intends to make it available in all Crown courts in England and Wales until the end of the year.
Another pilot assignment is being carried out to see if the generation is also suitable for victims of sex crimes and fashion slavery who consider themselves intimidated witnesses, meaning that their testimony may be affected by concern from the prospect of testifying.