Distress evidence is not 'intractably neutral' merely because it is capable of supporting more than one hypothesis as to the cause of the distress; it may be left to the jury as circumstantial evidence supporting the complainant's account. Post-offence incriminating conduct need not be linked to a specific offence charged and need not be limited to credit; where the jury can infer from the totality of the evidence that the conduct relates to one or more charged offences, restricting the inference to general wrongdoing would usurp the jury's fact-finding function. Where offences of rape arise from a single continuing transaction, substantial concurrency in sentencing is required.
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