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Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal against conviction for multiple sexual offences, including rape and sexual exploitation of a child, where the appellant, previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, challenged the admissibility of video-recorded interviews with the child complainants and the exclusion of expert testimony critiquing the interview process, the court finding no error in the trial judge's decision to admit the interviews, which were conducted with consideration for the children's vulnerabilities and in a transparent manner; and the court upholds the exclusion of the proposed expert evidence, determining it did not meet the high threshold for admissibility and would not assist the court in its task.
Sexual offences - rape - sexual exploitation of a child - appeal - conviction - video-recorded interviews - admissibility - expert testimony - Court of Appeal - trial judge - child complainants - transparency - interview process - evidence - Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 - Criminal Law (Rape)(Amendment) Act 1990 - Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 - Criminal Evidence Act 1992 - guidelines - methodology, psychological assessment - therapy - vulnerabilities - empirical research.
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