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events that happened to her years ago, when she was only aged 12 to 14.
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It is perfectly understandable that she was not able to name the date or
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even the month when these events took place—save the one which took
place on a date with a significance to her, i.e. her sister’s birthday on
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5 August 2005. She was certainly able to give details as to how she came
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to send the naked photographs and what acts of indecency were done to
her by the applicant on those two separate occasions.
27.
We are not persuaded that the judge simply accepted Miss X’s
evidence without question. We do not accept that any prejudice was
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caused to the applicant when 4 out of the 5 charges did not specify the
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exact date of the offence in the particulars.
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The judge is a very experienced judge. He does not have to
spell out the danger in accepting Miss X’s unsupported evidence in this
case, when the need to corroborate was abrogated long time ago.
29.
We found the first 4 grounds of appeal without merit.
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briefly what had taken place.
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Miss X started giving evidence on 13 September 2010. She
finished her evidence-in-chief on the first day and Mr McGowan started
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his cross-examination late in the afternoon. The cross-examination
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continued the next day.
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31.
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Before dealing with grounds 5 and 6, it is helpful to mention
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30.
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Before the morning break that day Miss X gave
evidence that she met up with the applicant on 5 August 2005 between
noon and 3 p.m. After the lunch adjournment, Mr McGowan raised with
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