5 Part Statement Structure
Aims
To introduce students to Statement Writing.
Objectives
•Explain the difference between Direct and Hearsay
Evidence.
•Explain the meaning of the MCA Declaration .
•Describe the components that make up a statement.
•Outline the characteristics that should be included
when describing people.
•Outline the procedure when Identifying exhibits.
•State the elements contained in the mneumonic
ADVOKATE.
What is a witness?
• A person who can give evidence of what
they perceived through their own
senses
• Direct Evidence
• Hearsay Evidence
Recording witness information
• Pocket Notebook - 1st account / 1st
descriptions
• Written Statement (MG 11)
5 Part Statement Structure
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Introduction
Scene Setting
What Happened
Descriptions
ADVOKATE
Introduction
Why is this statement being made?
Scene Setting
• People (not suspects)
Who were you with?
Who else was involved?
How do you know them?
• Places
• Where did it happen?
• If more than one place, how do they relate to
one another?
What Happened
Main body of the
statement……..
A detailed
evidential
account…….
Descriptions
• Suspects (and witnesses)
• Property
• Exhibits
Obtaining a description from
someone else
• First description must be recorded
• Avoid leading questions
• Avoid stereotypical words
ADVOKATE
A mount of time under observation
D istance from incident / persons
V isibility
O bscured view?
K nown to you?
A ny reason to remember?
T ime elapsed since incident and identification
E rrors or material discrepancies
5 Part Statement Structure
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Introduction
Scene Setting
What Happened?
Description
ADVOKATE
5 Part Statement Structure
Aims
To introduce students to Statement Writing.
Objectives
•Explain the difference between Direct and Hearsay
Evidence.
•Explain the meaning of the MCA Declaration .
•Describe the components that make up a statement.
•Outline the characteristics that should be included
when describing people.
•Outline the procedure when Identifying exhibits.
•State the elements contained in the mneumonic
ADVOKATE.