How evidence of vulnerable witness given
110 How evidence of vulnerable witness given
A vulnerable witness is entitled to give evidence at a place outside the courtroom using an audiovisual link.
If an audiovisual link is not available, or the vulnerable witness chooses to give evidence in the courtroom, the witness is entitled to give evidence without the defendant being in the witness's line of sight.
If the vulnerable witness elects to give evidence without the defendant being in the witness's line of sight, to ensure the defendant is not in the witness's line of sight a screen, a partition or a panel of one-way glass must be placed so that the witness's view of the defendant is obscured, but not the view of the witness by the
Judge or counsel.
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