When a jury requests to replay s 93A taped evidence, the trial judge has a discretion to determine the most appropriate course to ensure fairness and balance; it is not necessary in every case to read back the cross-examination and re-examination of the complainant. The inadvertent presence of a transcript of s 93A evidence in the jury room does not necessarily require a mistrial where the jury understood directions as to its limited use. Where a lie relied upon as an implied admission is not the only evidence or an indispensable link in the chain of proof, the Edwards direction does not require proof beyond reasonable doubt that the accused lied.
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