By: Hiranya Gupta INTRODUCTION Historically, res gestae encompassed both actions and words closely connected to an event in time and circumstance that helped explain how the event unfolded. Over time, however, the term came to denote a specific hearsay exception for spontaneous statements concerning the offence, particularly perpetrator identity, as clarified in R v Andrews. This piece adopts that narrower meaning, reflecting the dominant line … Continue reading Reframing Res Gestae: Towards a Narrow Hearsay Exception in BSA