Where evidence of uncharged criminal conduct forms part of the factual matrix of a defence (here, provocation) rather than a step in the prosecution case, the Crown is not required to prove that conduct beyond reasonable doubt, and no direction to that effect is required. The Dhanhoa principle that an Edwards direction is unnecessary where the prosecution does not contend that a lie is evidence of guilt was applied.
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