Where a jury question reveals concern about the sufficiency of evidence against a particular co-accused on specific counts, the trial judge must directly address that concern rather than merely reiterating the prosecution case across all counts. A failure to do so may result in the loss of a chance of acquittal. The case also confirms that reading verbatim a defence counsel's summary of the defence case is a permissible method of putting the defence case to the jury where the accused did not give evidence.
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