Where a child complainant's evidence contains discrepancies exposed in cross-examination but the complainant gave evidence by closed circuit television, the jury's advantage in observing the complainant's demeanour may be sufficient to explain the jury's acceptance of the evidence, such that the verdicts are not unreasonable within M v The Queen. The court emphasised that the question is not whether the jury could or might have acquitted, but whether the jury ought to have entertained a reasonable doubt.
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