Where a [name withheld] direction has been given that makes it abundantly plain to the jury that it would be dangerous to convict on a single witness's evidence alone without scrutinising it with great care, no additional [name withheld]-type corroboration warning is required under s 50 of the Evidence Act 1906 (WA). A concoction or collusion direction is not required where there is no evidence raising a realistic possibility of concoction, no motive, no antipathy, and no suggestion of collusion was put to the complainants in cross-examination.
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