When duplicity is raised for the first time on appeal, the question is whether the appellant was actually convicted of duplicitous charges, assessed by reference to the evidence adduced and the trial judge's directions — not merely the content of the prosecution's particulars document. A direction about unresponsive answers need not refer to specific examples where defence counsel expressly requested a general direction and the direction was not conceptually complex.
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