The videos clearly show and explain how the eye witness statement can have an impact on the investigation as well as false information being entered into court, which can lead to false conviction. In the first video, almost every interviewee had a different answer, the only thing that was repeated was; “He had a black jacket, wool hat, and he was all”. When the interviewer asked about the hair colour, the interviewees came up with a bunch of different answers. I think this is a perfect example that; People’s memory is made up of what they want to see and not of the actual facts.In the first video, the interviewer asked the closed-ended questions first and then lead into the open-ended questions. As an interviewer, I now see how carful you
