Two-year-old girl gives evidence in UK abuse case

Defendant pleads guilty after intermediary helped police interview girl, believed to be youngest to give evidence in criminal case

A two-year-old girl is believed to have become the youngest person to give evidence in a UK criminal case, after her interview was recorded by a specialist court team.

The decision to involve such a young witness in a prosecution was vindicated, according to experts involved in the legal process, by the fact that the defendant in the abuse case pleaded guilty before it came to trial.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2y86rYn