Where a jury acquits on eleven out of twelve sexual offence counts all depending on the same complainant's credibility, and there is nothing of significance differentiating the complainant's evidence on the single conviction count from the acquittal counts, the MacKenzie test of logic and reasonableness is not satisfied and the conviction must be set aside. The alleged admissions by the accused to third-party witnesses were too vague to be connected specifically to the conviction count and did not provide an acceptable explanation for the differentiation.
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