The WLR Daily case summaries
[2009] WLR (D) 358
CRIME— Evidence— Hearsay— Victims giving written statements but absent from trial— Statements admitted in evidence— Whether statements constituting sole or decisive evidence— Whether admission infringing defendants’ right to fair trial— Whether convictions safe— Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6(3)(d)— Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 116