[2011] EWCA Crim 1990

In relation to a trial for an offence of sexual activity with a child, a judge had not erred in admitting hearsay evidence relating to a conversation between a police officer and a reluctant 14-year-old witness. The evidence was not the sole or primary evidence relied on by the Crown but was required to confirm the accuracy of references to sexual activity with the witness made by the offender in interview but later denied.

CA (Crim Div) (Stanley Burnton LJ, Cooke J, Blake J)

11/08/2011