I needed to ask my neighbour an important question about some damage to my property so I went to his home to ask him about it.
Given his previous history of severe violence against me, I decided to turn on my phone’s voice memo recorder (as a precaution) as I knocked on his door and, thankfully, it recorded the incident. However, I have somehow been charged with several offences including assault, etc. and have access to his police statement.
The voice recording can completely prove that almost his entire statement is a lie but Legal Aid told me that it’s not admissible.
But friends, etc. who know people who have been in similar situations say they believe that if you use a secret recording as a means of *defending* yourself as opposed to trying to *accuse* someone of something then it should be admissible.
Well, it’s pretty much the *only* defence I have (other than my own testimony) but he has himself and 2 other people who are supposed “witnesses” (who are blood relatives BTW).
So - can anyone tell me if this recording can be used as evidence to clear my name?
Thanks so much.
Given his previous history of severe violence against me, I decided to turn on my phone’s voice memo recorder (as a precaution) as I knocked on his door and, thankfully, it recorded the incident. However, I have somehow been charged with several offences including assault, etc. and have access to his police statement.
The voice recording can completely prove that almost his entire statement is a lie but Legal Aid told me that it’s not admissible.
But friends, etc. who know people who have been in similar situations say they believe that if you use a secret recording as a means of *defending* yourself as opposed to trying to *accuse* someone of something then it should be admissible.
Well, it’s pretty much the *only* defence I have (other than my own testimony) but he has himself and 2 other people who are supposed “witnesses” (who are blood relatives BTW).
So - can anyone tell me if this recording can be used as evidence to clear my name?
Thanks so much.