Where a complainant's evidence on one count of a multi-count sexual offence indictment is corroborated by an independent witness but the evidence on other counts is vague and uncorroborated, a jury's decision to convict only on the corroborated count is readily explicable and does not give rise to inconsistent verdicts. The presence of corroboration on one count but not others provides a logical basis for distinguishing the verdicts.
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