### sec.103ZV Direction on responses to giving evidence The judge may direct the jury that— trauma may affect people differently, which means that some people may show obvious signs of emotion or distress when giving evidence in court about a sexual offence, but others may not; and the presence or absence of emotion or distress does not, of itself, mean that a person is not telling the truth about a sexual offence. s 103ZV ins 2024 No. 5 s 59 - (a) trauma may affect people differently, which means that some people may show obvious signs of emotion or distress when giving evidence in court about a sexual offence, but others may not; and - (b) the presence or absence of emotion or distress does not, of itself, mean that a person is not telling the truth about a sexual offence.

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