Jury verdicts of guilty on one sexual offence count and not guilty on others arising from the same incident are not necessarily inconsistent where the forensic evidence provides differing levels of corroboration for each count and the complainant's evidence varies in detail across counts. A jury is entitled to require additional corroborative evidence beyond the complainant's testimony before convicting on individual counts.
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