Kevin's Trial part 1
A male rape trial
Another Crown Court somewhere in England & Wales; another rape trial. One that isn't, technically, a rape trial. And one that the mainstream tends to avoid on the basis that cases like this are "different".
Why? Because this is a male rape case. And it involves a complainant who, while an adult when the case is reported, investigated, and tried, was a child at the material time.
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The broader research underpinning Rape on Trial is reported in our book, Doak et al, Cross-examination on Trial: Advocacy and Vulnerability in Criminal Trials (BUP 2025). The book examines cross-examination across the UK and Ireland drawing on trial observations, practitioner interviews, and a linguistic analysis of courtroom exchanges in light of recent reforms.
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Music: Hopeless Waltz by Alena Smirnova.
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