[2001] EWCA Crim 1054

The trial judge was right to make orders allowing the complainant in a rape trial to give evidence in chief via a video link and to be cross-examined via a live television link. The appellant's sentence of three years nine months' imprisonment was quashed and substituted with a term of three years taking into account the 15-month delay in bringing the matter to trial and the appellant's age.

CA (Crim Div) (Henry LJ, Steel J, Judge Rivlin QC)

26/04/2001