In child sexual assault cases involving multiple counts of varying severity based on the same complainant's evidence, acquittals on more serious counts (requiring proof of penetration) are rationally explicable by the jury's cautious approach to the criminal standard of proof and the absence of corroborative evidence, without necessarily implying doubt about the complainant's credibility. A Liberato direction is not required where the trial judge gives clear and correct directions on the onus and standard of proof that make clear the accused need not prove his innocence and the Crown must eliminate the accused's version as a reasonable possibility.
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