Rape reforms ‘could easily go wrong’
Raab appears to have ignored warning from chief justice
Video evidence in rape trials is to be extended, the Telegraph reports today. But, says the lord chief justice, “this could easily go wrong”.
Pilot projects under section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, have allowed vulnerable witnesses to have their cross-examination recorded on video, away from the courtroom, ahead of a trial. T…
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