A photographic identification expressed as 'I think this is him' or '95 percent sure' is distinguishable from the defective 'looks like' identification in Pitkin where the witness's oral evidence at trial constitutes a positive identification from which they do not resile. Additional judicial directions on weaknesses of identification evidence given the day after the main summing-up are adequate where they supplement proper earlier directions and identify specific factual weaknesses with judicial authority rather than merely repeating counsel's arguments.
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