{"id":3387,"date":"2022-11-24T10:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfblegal.co.uk\/?post_type=insight&p=3387"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:51:07","slug":"seccion-28-el-creciente-uso-de-pruebas-pregrabadas-en-los-juicios-penales-parte-2","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/rfblegal.co.uk\/es\/perspectivas\/seccion-28-el-creciente-uso-de-pruebas-pregrabadas-en-los-juicios-penales-parte-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Secci\u00f3n 28: el creciente uso de pruebas pregrabadas en los juicios penales. Parte 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his second article about<\/a> the use of pre-recorded video evidence in courts, Piers Desser, Criminal<\/a> Litigios<\/a> Partner at Ronald Fletcher<\/a> Baker, gives further insight<\/a> into the scheme through personal experience and wraps-up with a look to the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My own recent experiences of Section 28 recordings touches upon three important areas for consideration<\/a>. During a multi-defendant case in which a young witness gave pre-recorded evidence \u2013 the first such case to utilise the procedure at the Old Bailey \u2013 the risks of a witness being recalled were highlighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paralelamente a nuestros procedimientos, este testigo tambi\u00e9n estaba implicado en otro caso que trataba cuestiones de violencia y afiliaci\u00f3n a bandas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Findings in that case had the potential to substantially affect the evidence of the witness, primarily going to his bad character, and it is entirely foreseeable that in other similar circumstances a trial could be derailed at short notice causing substantial delays<\/a> and waste of resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tambi\u00e9n es crucial que la investigaci\u00f3n concluya adecuadamente antes de que el art\u00edculo 28 sea considerado definitivo. En un caso relacionado con una acusaci\u00f3n grave de delito sexual, la Fiscal\u00eda tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n de acusaci\u00f3n cuando el acusado a\u00fan se encontraba en detenci\u00f3n policial, poco m\u00e1s de 24 horas despu\u00e9s del incidente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las pruebas de su tel\u00e9fono fueron fundamentales para la verosimilitud de las pruebas de la denunciante. La acusaci\u00f3n temprana y la lentitud de la investigaci\u00f3n posterior pusieron en marcha un procedimiento totalmente descoordinado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018A prosecution<\/a> case that was wholly out-of-step\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecution was set upon utilising the Section 28 procedure, to which the Crown Court at Isleworth agreed. However, serious delays in obtaining the phone evidence and practical deficiencies in the police procedure known as Achieving Best Evidence led to a prosecution case that was wholly out-of-step as the complainant\u2019s evidence could not be pre-recorded until the disclosure<\/a> process had been resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una grabaci\u00f3n de la Secci\u00f3n 28 poco antes del juicio es, por tanto, cuestionable y plantea cuestiones m\u00e1s amplias sobre si el Sistema de Justicia Penal est\u00e1 siquiera adecuadamente equipado para hacer frente al estrecho marco y ritmo del procedimiento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears to be the case that Section 28 creates potential difficulty for appellate lawyers. The final version of the recorded evidence is not stored on the digital platform common to all parties, and so cannot be readily accessed by fresh legal representatives who are assisting in an appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A version is retained on a platform operated by Vodafone, but the procedure to obtain retrospective aspect is difficult. Firstly, the court is as yet unsure of its own procedure to grant access and appellant lawyers can find themselves batted back and forth between court and Vodafone to receive the verification details<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una vez concedido el acceso, no est\u00e1 necesariamente claro que las im\u00e1genes mostradas sean las mismas que se presentaron al jurado. Es previsible que se den circunstancias en las que se requieran transcripciones judiciales para comprender mejor lo que ocurri\u00f3 en el juicio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todos estos problemas impiden una exploraci\u00f3n adecuada de las cuestiones de recurso y necesitan formalizarse seriamente antes de que veamos un aumento sustancial de los puntos de recurso que implican pruebas de la Secci\u00f3n 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Hay mucho trabajo derivado de este tipo de casos\u2019.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the courts see more Section 28 cases the importance<\/a> of funding in this area is brought further into the spotlight. The trial is technically deemed to have started once the recording of cross-examination begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En consecuencia, el Colegio de Abogados ha exigido, con raz\u00f3n, que la Agencia de Asistencia Jur\u00eddica reconozca el aumento de trabajo que supone preparar y dirigir dos segmentos de un juicio, a menudo con muchos meses de diferencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde el punto de vista del abogado, los casos de este tipo tambi\u00e9n suponen un trabajo importante. Aparte de las cuestiones administrativas, cualquier caso relacionado con una EBA implica un proceso largo y minucioso de recepci\u00f3n de instrucciones, comparaci\u00f3n de transcripciones y cotejo de pruebas de otras fuentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Llevar a cabo la preparaci\u00f3n de un caso en el que el propio juicio abarca dos momentos a lo largo de muchos meses implica inevitablemente la debida y necesaria duplicaci\u00f3n del examen de las pruebas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, it is my opinion that lawyers should not be funded for, and so expected to have, only one opportunity to consider the primary case documents<\/a>. The legal aid funding scheme for defence solicitors is desperately parlous in any event \u2013 and this true even more so in Section 28 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When considering the future of the scheme, one can only anticipate that Section 28 will<\/a> encompass more and more cases as the procedure and technology improves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whilst it is clearly desirable to provide witnesses with the optimum conditions<\/a> in which to give oral testimony it is contrary to the interests of justice to make special measures entirely routine, blunting the efficacy of the examination process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For further information contact<\/a> Piers Desser directly on <\/strong><\/span>020 7613 7138 o correo electr\u00f3nico\u00a0p.desser@rfblegal.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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