Hearing shouting through a wall be classed as evidence in court?

[katiehealy]

if you were a neighbour that could hear shouting through your walls can this evidence in a court case?

[Old_Geezer]

Would you need evidence of shouting ?

[douglas9401]

Evidence of raised voices anyway. What do you think would make it an issue for the courts?

[ummmm]

What did you hear?

[ummmm]

Well police ask did you see or hear anything.

[grasscarp]

If the person who heard the shouting was giving evidence why not?

[Davethedog]

What are the circumstances - If you heard "I will kill you" and someone died yes.

[EDDIE51]

There was an 'incident' at the house next door to us last year. The police asked us if we had heard any sounds of an argument. We had not heard anything as it was at 3am , but if we had heard shouting etc I am sure we could have been asked to give evidence.

[tonywiltshire]

Probably, it would be up to the judge, in 1955, before PACE in 1984 in the following case it was determined that:

In Kuruma v. The Queen [1955] A.C. 197, 203 Lord Goddard stated:
"In their Lordships' opinion the test to be applied in considering whether evidence is admissible is whether it is relevant to the matters in issue. If it is, it is admissible and the court is not concerned with how the evidence was obtained. While this proposition may not have been stated in so many words in any English case there are decisions which support it, and in their Lordships' opinion it is plainly right in principle."

[sandyRoe]

Years ago I lived in a flat where a lot of moaning could be heard through the walls on many an evening.
I never did get to the bottom of it.