This episode, we're back in the public gallery of the Crown Court to hear the remainder of the evidence in a burglary trial. Dawn, the defendant--and, arguably, a vulnerable defendant--will be taking the stand to testify in her own defence. She's going to be given a pretty tough time by prosecuting counsel in cross-examination.
Topics covered in this episode: application of the Galbraith test; the need for comparative research; cross-examination; judge's interventions with a distressed witness; jury questions; s34 combined directions.
Rape on Trial is a fly-on-the-wall style documentary podcast giving listeners a unique and detailed insight into the real-life workings of the criminal process, criminal law and proceedings in England and Wales. Through a series of in-depth case-studies drawing on case files and trial proceedings, we see for ourselves how the criminal process actually works in cases of rape and serious sexual offences, and how it doesn't.