Posted by Anne R on 07/12/06 22:50

On 02 Jul 2006, NoNoBadDog!<Diespammers@notme.com> wrote:

>
> "Anne R" <no@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns97F3C793C66874C1H4@127.0.0.1...
>> I'm in the UK and am looking for a secret camcorder similar to
>> what they probably use in TV documentaries.
>>
>> I'm getting really messed up by a doctor (NHS hospital doc) and I
>> want to record the stuff I have to go through in consultations as
>> proof for a complaint. The consultations are only discussion and
>> not a physical exam. Hard to explain but can't change doc easily.
>>
>> I'm guessing that some consumer camcorders may now small enough to
>> hide on one's body. But I'm not well-off so I don't want to spend
>> a ton of cash.
>>
>> Certainly camcorders are now small enough to hide in a bag with
>> the lens pointing outwards through a hole in the bag but I guess I
>> would need one with a wide-ish angle and a mic suited to picking
>> up conversation in a small room.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend some models to put on my shortlist?
>> Especially if they are end-of-line and good deals can be had at
>> the moment.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Anne
>>
>
> You are wasting your time. Any video you take without the doctors
> knowledge will *NOT* be admissible as evidence in court. In order
> to do so, the videotaping would have to be ordered by a district
> court judge, would have to be accomplished by trained personnel,
> and the video would have to be maintained in law enforcements hands
> at all times to insure that the video had not been altered.
>

Then it's a good job I have no intention at all of showing it in a
court.

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