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Conviction and life sentence upheld despite exclusion of an illegally obtained warning statement; child witness evidence deemed trustworthy.
Criminal law – Sexual offences – Single child witness evidence and trustworthiness (Woji principles; rejection of double cautionary rule); illegally obtained warning statement and its exclusion; late and uncorroborated alibi (Thebus); minimum sentencing under s 51(1) and Schedule 2 – no substantial and compelling circumstances to deviate from life imprisonment.
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Conviction overturned where contradictory single‑witness evidence and admitted further evidence made self‑defence reasonably possible.
Criminal law – evaluation of single‑witness evidence – cautionary rule where witness’ evidence is contradicted; s 309B further evidence deemed part of trial record; self‑defence pleaded – State’s onus to disprove beyond reasonable doubt; conviction unsafe where eyewitness credibility materially undermined.
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