[2012] EWCA Crim 2871

The court reviewed guidance on the admissibility of hearsay evidence under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, as explained in R. v Riat (Jaspal) [2012] EWCA Crim 1509, [2013] 1 All E.R. 349 and held that a witness's evidence which had been recorded on DVD at a police interview was admissible even though the witness had since died.

CA (Crim Div) (Gross LJ, MacDuff J, Judge Elgan Edwards DL (Recorder of Chester))

11/12/2012