Where robbery offences are committed in quick succession with common features including timing, modus operandi, weapon type, and offender description, the evidence on each count is cross-admissible with the others without requiring the jury to first find all offences committed by the same person or to find guilt on one count before considering others. A direction that the jury may have regard to the accused's evidence 'as any other witness' is sufficient, though best practice is to direct in so many words that the accused's evidence should be assessed in the same way as that of any other witness.
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