A witness's recantation of trial evidence will not be treated as credible fresh evidence where the recanting witness demonstrates a willingness to agree to anything put by one party's counsel, gives multiple inconsistent versions, and where parts of the original trial evidence could not plausibly have been derived from the source the witness claims. Even where a witness's trial evidence is excluded entirely, a conviction may be sustained on the strength of the complainant's credible testimony, complaint evidence, and medical evidence.
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