Video evidence for domestic violence victims a 'game changer' says Andrew Scipione

By Kirsty Needham
Updated May 31 2015 - 2:08am, first published 1:12am
"Never before has a victim of domestic abuse been able to articulate in court the detail and the raw emotion of an incident as clearly as when it happened" Andrew Scipione. Photo: Daniel Munoz
"Never before has a victim of domestic abuse been able to articulate in court the detail and the raw emotion of an incident as clearly as when it happened" Andrew Scipione. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Protecting victims: Domestic violence liaison officer Genelle Warne. Photo: Fiona Morris
Protecting victims: Domestic violence liaison officer Genelle Warne. Photo: Fiona Morris

Video footage of distraught and traumatised domestic violence victims, filmed by police at the scene, will be accepted by courts from Monday, in a move Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has described as a "game changer".

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