Esther Rantzen: Stop child abuse victims being tormented in court - UK

Chris Engel 5/29/137:55 PM

"Our current adversarial legal system is unfit for purpose - It's up to the Ministry of Justice to put pre-recording into practice...

"Repeatedly accused of being a liar by the alleged abuser’s lawyer, the girl broke down time and time again until, eventually, the judge decided he must stop the trial to bring Marie’s ordeal to an end.

"Yet there would have been medical evidence and corroboration from other children to support her story, if only the jury had been allowed to hear it. As it was, the child and her family have been left deeply traumatised, and the alleged abuser walked free. A terrible double injustice...."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2333009/Esther-Rantzen-Stop-child-abuse-victims-tormented-court.html

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