Where evidence of prior allegations is adduced to establish motive for murder, the Crown need not prove the underlying facts of those allegations beyond reasonable doubt; it is sufficient that the accusation was made and gave rise to the motive. Treatment of a corpse after killing, where closely linked in time and place, is properly regarded as an integral part of the killing and relevant to objective seriousness. A deliberate forensic decision by experienced counsel not to object to evidence, combined with comprehensive judicial directions, will ordinarily preclude a finding of miscarriage of justice on appeal.
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