An innocent hypothesis of mistaken identity (that there were two persons of the same name) requires some evidentiary foundation before it can raise a reasonable doubt; the mere theoretical possibility that another person shares the accused's name is insufficient where the accused's name, date of birth, and address match the offender's records. The Weissensteiner principle permitting adverse inferences from an accused's failure to give evidence does not apply where the relevant facts (identity details, travel records) are not peculiarly within the knowledge of the accused.
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