United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 47553
Sexual Offences: Trials
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5 September 2022
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13 September 2022 · Answer
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13 September 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to allow historical sexual abuse victims to have a character witness during trial.
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5 September 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to allow historical sexual abuse victims to have a character witness during trial.
Source: Commons
13 September 2022
Answer
The Department does not currently have any plans to allow historical sexual abuse victims to have a character witness during trial. In criminal trials, including those involving accusations of historical sexual abuse, rules of evidence do not permit the a...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-05/47553
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1504792
- uk · wq-1504792 · source updated 13 September 2022