Corroboration

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....idence .. " " ... .The corroboration need not consist of direct evidence that the defendant committed the offence nor need it amount to confirmation of the whole account given by the witness, provided that it corroborates the evidence in some respects material to the charge under consideration. It is sufficient if it is circumstantial evidence of the defendant's connection with the offence, but ....

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.... his testimony would be unnecessary Reg v. Mullins ( 1) per Maule J ...." But, in R. v. Beck., [ 1982] 1 All ER 807 (CA), it was reiterated by way of clarification that corroborating evidence need not relate to the particular evidence spoken to by a suspect-witness, and that it was merely independent testimony which confirmed in some material particular not only the evidence that a crime had been ....