The absence of telephone records corroborating a complainant's account of phone calls does not necessarily render a guilty verdict unreasonable where the records were not fully explained, alternative explanations for the absence exist, and there are strong independent reasons to accept the complainant's evidence. Where two counts arise from the same continuous sequence of events, differing verdicts may be reconciled if the strength of supporting evidence (such as complaint evidence) differs between counts. The dissent illustrates that where a discrepancy between a complainant's evidence and objective records goes to a matter inextricably linked with the offending conduct itself, the jury's advantage in observing the witness may be insufficient to resolve the doubt.
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