(Jamaica) Where a rape complainant gave evidence to support the prosecution that she had complained of the offence immediately afterwards, the court should be careful to direct the jury of the caution to be applied to the weight given to that evidence.
Judges:
Lord Hoffman
Citations:
Times 25-Sep-1998, [1998] UKPC 38, [1999] AC 210
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Citing:
Cited – Regina v Lillyman CCCR 1896
Evidence of a contemporaneous complaint by the complainant to her employer was admitted against objections that such evidence ought not to be admitted and the evidence should be confined merely to the fact of the complaint. The evidence of the . .
Criticised – Regina v Wallwork CCA 1958
The defendant was charged with the incest of his 5 year old daughter. She was called into the witness box, but was unable to give evidence. Her grandmother was called and gave evidence of the complaint made to her by the girl.
Held: The terms . .
Cited by:
Cited – Spooner, Eric Charles v Regina; (Evidence: Sex abuse) CACD 25-May-2004
The defendant appealed his convictions for child sex abuse, involving assault, rape and buggery, saying that evidence of a recent complaint by a schoolgirl friend of the complainant which was not consistent with other evidence of the complainant . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Criminal Evidence, Commonwealth
Updated: 01 June 2022; Ref: scu.159319
