Evidence of a complainant's distressed condition observed approximately 8 hours after an alleged sexual offence is not necessarily too tenuous or remote to be capable of constituting corroboration, particularly where there is an explanation for the delay in manifesting distress and no other apparent cause of distress is identified. The question whether such evidence is corroborative depends on the circumstances and is ultimately a jury question.
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