In sexual offence cases involving multiple charges arising from the same occasion, acquittals on some charges do not necessarily indicate that the jury rejected the complainant's credibility as a whole. Where there are differences in the quality of corroborating evidence, the degree of violence alleged, the complainant's conduct (such as Snapchat messages), and the strength of the evidence negating reasonable belief in consent, it remains open to the jury to convict on one charge while acquitting on others without the verdicts being inconsistent.
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