Following [name withheld] v R, a lie told by an accused which is not an indispensable link in a chain of reasoning but merely a strand in the cable of circumstantial evidence need not be proved beyond reasonable doubt to have emanated from consciousness of guilt before it can have probative value. The hearsay rule does not prevent an expert witness from relying on statistical or scientific data from a reliable published source even though the author of that data is not called as a witness, provided the expert is shown to have the expertise to evaluate the plausibility of the data.
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