Where a defendant made admissions of offences to a probation officer those admissions could be relied on by the prosecution. Although those situations would be unusual, the court could provide sufficient protection to the defendant to prevent unfairness.
ADMISSIBILITY ADMISSIONS MADE IN INTERVIEWS WITH PROBATION OFFICERS AGREED BASIS CONFESSIONS CONVICTION SAFE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE GUILTY PLEAS INDECENT ASSAULTS INTERVIEWS JUDGE’S DISCRETION OFFENDERS PACE 1984 POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984 s.78 POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 PRE-SENTENCE REPORTS PROBATION OFFICERS PUBLIC POLICY RAPES S.78 POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984 UNFAIRNESS
A judge had exercised his discretion fairly under s.41 Youth and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 by ruling as admissible certain evidence about sexual abuse on complainant children by persons other than their parents against whom criminal proceedings had been brought.
ABUSE ADMISSIBILITY APPEALS CHILDREN COMPLAINTS CONVICTIONS CREDIT CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CROSS-EXAMINATION DISCRETION EXCLUSION EXERCISE GUILT INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS INDECENCY WITH A CHILD INDECENT ASSAULT INNOCENCE INTERVIEW JURY LEAVE MISCONDUCT OTHERS PACE 1984 PARENTS PERMISSION PROCEDURAL IMPROPRIETY PROOF QUESTIONING RELEVANCE RIGHT TO QUESTION CHILD WITNESSES IN RELATION TO PRIOR COMPLAINTS OF ABUSE S.41 YOUTH AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1999 s.42(1)(c) S.78 POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984 SEXUAL OFFENCES UNSAFE VIDEOS YOUTH JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1999 s.41
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