Discrepancies between witnesses' evidence as to matters of detail, where witnesses describe events that occurred many years earlier, do not necessarily damage their credibility and may be consistent with truthful evidence of genuine recollections. Additional detail given at trial but not to investigating police does not adversely affect credibility, as the processes of examination in chief and cross-examination are apt to elicit detail beyond what is recorded in police statements.
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