A complainant's post-trial recantation of testimony that formed the sole basis for conviction may be admitted as fresh evidence and may warrant entry of verdicts of not guilty (rather than a new trial) where the recantation is credible, cogent reasons are given for the original lies, the recantation is supported by inconsistencies in the trial evidence, and the recantation is maintained over time. The Crown conceded the conviction could not stand.
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