[2004] EWCA Crim 1099

The judge adopted the wrong procedure and the wrong test when deciding whether or not to permit a witness's evidence to be read to the jury under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 s.23, because she was afraid to give oral evidence, and failed to give a proper direction to the jury about that evidence.

CA (Crim Div) (Keene LJ, Fulford J, Judge Zucker QC)

07/05/2004