“The use of two interpreters and an intermediary is an unusual situation,” Ms Justice Caroline Biggs told the jury at the Central Criminal Court
The jury in the trial of seven men accused of sexually abusing a deaf family member has been told the court is in “new territory”, with a number of sign language interpretation teams in place to assist the process.
The woman started giving evidence on Tuesday in the Central Criminal Court trial of the men – her three uncles and four brothers.
The seven men, who are aged between 32 and 55, are accused of a total of 98 counts of sexually abusing her at various stages over a 17-year period between 1996 and 2013.
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