Films for Witnesses
Below you will find a series of films produced by Victim Support and funded by Suffolk Criminal Justice Board. The footage is designed to provide witnesses with a greater understanding of what is expected of them at Court.
You will find footage for what it is like to be a witness at a Crown Court and Magistrates' Court.
The filming took place at criminal courts across Suffolk and the people you see participating in the filming are people working in the Criminal Justice System here in Suffolk.
Crown Court film footage:
To find out more about the support available to witnesses from the Witness Service, please see film below:
Welcome to-the-Crown-Court-Witness-Service
Download in WMV format [37.5MB]
To hear more about giving evidence from the video link room at the Crown Court, please see film below:
Giving-Evidence-from-the-Video-link-room
Download in WMV format [43.5MB]
To find out more about giving evidence from behind screens at the Crown Court, please see film below:
Giving-Evidence-from-behind-screens
Download in WMV format [55MB]
Magistrates' Court film footage:
To learn more about what it is like to give evidence as a witness in a Magistrates' Court, please see film below:
Giving-Evidence-as-a witness-in-a-Magistrates-Court_1
Download in WMV format [35.5MB]
To find out about giving evidence in a Magistrates' Court via the video link room, please see film below:
Giving-evidence-in-the-Magistrates-Court-via-the-video-link-room
Download in WMV format [37.7MB]