Witness gives court trial testimony by video

Abu Dhabi: The model courtroom in Abu Dhabi Judiciary Department has witnessed the first video testimony during a trial for a criminal case.

One of the witnesses in the case gave her testimony through a video conference session because she was out of the country.

The Judiciary department used the new communication system, which is the first of its kind in the UAE, in coordination with the concerned authority in the witness's country.

The witness then told her story live during the court trial.

The model courtroom includes many other state-of-the-art technologies, such as an audio-video recording, video conferencing and language interpretation systems.