Part III Course of Justice: Evidence, Procedure, Etc.

Corroboration

C132 Abolition of corroboration rules.

1

Any requirement whereby at a trial on indictment it is obligatory for the court to give the jury a warning about convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of a person merely because that person is—

a

an alleged accomplice of the accused, or

b

where the offence charged is a sexual offence, the person in respect of whom it is alleged to have been committed,

is hereby abrogated.

2

In section 34(2) of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1988 (abolition of requirement of corroboration warning in respect of evidence of a child) the words from “in relation to” to the end shall be omitted.

3

Any requirement that—

a

is applicable at the summary trial of a person for an offence, and

b

corresponds to the requirement mentioned in subsection (1) above or that mentioned in section 34(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988,

is hereby abrogated.

4

Nothing in this section applies in relation to—

a

any trial, or

b

any proceedings before a magistrates’ court as examining justices,

which began before the commencement of this section.