The court gave guidance on the procedure to be followed by the judge when deciding whether the cross-examination of a vulnerable witness was appropriate.
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The court gave guidance on the procedure to be followed by the judge when deciding whether the cross-examination of a vulnerable witness was appropriate.
CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CROSS-EXAMINATION HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JUDGE WHEN DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF CROSS-EXAMINATION RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL s.27(5) s.28 s.53 s.54 s.54(3) s.54(6) VIDEO EVIDENCE VULNERABLE AND INTIMIDATED WITNESSES YOUTH JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1999 s.27
A judge had not erred in refusing to sever an indictment containing counts relating to separate incidents of murder and sexual assault. The incidents were broadly similar and close in time and there were a number of very significant similarities. The issue as to whether they were wholly disconnected was a matter for the jury.
ADMISSIBILITY COINCIDENCE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 s.101 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2014 r.14.2(3) CROSS-ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE INDICTMENTS MURDER Pt 1 s.103 s.3 s.31 s.53 SEVERANCE SEXUAL ASSAULT SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ATTACKS ON YOUNG FEMALE VICTIMS
Alleged offences relating to prostitution and people trafficking as specified in a European arrest warrant for which the appellant’s extradition to Lithuania was sought amounted to extradition offences by virtue of the Extradition Act 2003 s.64(3). All the conditions of s.64(3) had been met, notably as the conduct alleged in the warrant had partly occurred in Lithuania and would constitute one or more offences under English law.
EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANTS EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1950 art.7 EXTRADITION EXTRADITION ACT 2003 s.64 EXTRADITION OFFENCES EXTRADITION ORDERS NO PUNISHMENT WITHOUT LAW OFFENCES SPECIFIED IN ARREST WARRANT AMOUNTING TO EXTRADITION OFFENCES BY VIRTUE OF S.64(3) EXTRADITION ACT 2003 Part 1 PART OF CONDUCT OCCURRING IN REQUESTING STATE PROSTITUTION s.10 s.52 s.53 s.59(3) s.60 s.60(1) s.60(2) s.64(2) s.64(3) s.64(4) SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.59