The girl was helped to give evidence by specialist officers (Picture: Stock image from Getty Images)

A two-year-old girl has become the youngest person ever to give evidence in a British crown court helping to secure a more than 10-year jail sentence for a child sex offender.

The girl spoke to a specialist child abuse police officer answering simple ‘who’, ‘what’ and ‘where’ questions and pointing to parts of the body on a paper figure.

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She also gave a mouth swab for forensic analysis without any difficulty after everyone in the room put on blue gloves and played with swabs by pretending to brush their teeth to make her feel comfortable.

The girl’s evidence played a role in securing the abuser’s guilty plea before the case came to trial and saw him sentenced to over a decade in jail for sexual offences against a child.




The case has been highlighted by the NSPCC and other child protection experts for proving that sexual predators who target young children are wrong to believe that no one could give evidence against them.

The interview was conducted by police, with help from the Ministry of Justice’s register of intermediaries which helps in communication with witnesses aged under 18 and adults with learning difficulties.

An NSPCC spokesman told The Guardian: ‘It’s hugely positive to see that she was so well supported to tell police what really happened. The NSPCC has urged the Ministry of Justice to drastically increase the availability of well-trained, independent experts to ensure justice is done.

‘An independent specialist who can ensure children are questioned appropriately and their evidence is understood is as important for justice as providing an interpreter for a witness who can’t speak the language.’

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