The case illustrates how disparate verdicts across multiple sexual offence counts can be logically reconciled where identifiable differences in the evidence for each count — such as inconsistencies between complaint evidence and trial testimony, defence alibi evidence, and diary entries contradicting the complainant's account — provide rational bases for acquittals on some counts while sustaining convictions on others. A jury verdict of acquittal is not necessarily a positive finding that the events did not occur; it may reflect no more than that the jury were not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a charged count occurred in the way or at the time described.
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