I do think she could have provided one electronically and/or via her solicitor as long as it was signed by her & she confirms it’s her statement. Obviously if things progressed to court she would need to attend in person.Not necessarily - unless there’s a warrant out for his arrest it won’t. Also, I hate to say it but the likelihood of him being charged without a statement from Georgia is unlikely he will be released under investigation which has no bail conditions attached to it and unfortunately this could drag on for months . Georgia really needs to come home to give them a statement
Bear could have potentially spoken to police via Skype with a legal representative from Dubai if he wanted to clear his name. I imagine they have tried to make contact with him.
ideally Yeah everything needs to be in person but since covid, things such as the police & government etc have been having to use electronic methods so don’t see why the same couldn’t apply in this situation - especially if she has moved to Dubai (like she says) due to covid it may not be deemed essential for her to travel home to provide a statement when it could all be done online or through reps that are in the UK