A Domican direction given by a magistrate sitting alone need not follow any particular formula and is sufficient where the magistrate gives the basal direction that an honest witness may be mistaken, identifies and addresses the specific weaknesses in the identification evidence raised by defence counsel, and addresses discrepancies in descriptions. There is no mandatory requirement to refer to the two-dimensional nature of digiboard photographs where this was not raised as a matter of significance by trial counsel.
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