Alibi evidence cannot corroborate accomplice evidence where the falsity of the alibi cannot be established by evidence independent of the accomplice to be corroborated; mere disbelief of the accused's evidence is insufficient. A direction that the accomplice warning may be disregarded once corroboration is found should be avoided as it risks suggesting special care is no longer needed. Evidence of flight is admissible as evidence of consciousness of guilt even where a credible alternative explanation is advanced, provided the evidence is not intractably neutral. The question whether lies must be proved beyond reasonable doubt before being treated as corroboration was left open.
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