Admissions by an accused that are pervasively inconsistent and contain acknowledged untruths may be insufficiently reliable to found a guilty verdict beyond reasonable doubt, even where some admissions are against interest. Where the Crown accepts that the most apparently reliable admission (here, to parents) is probably untrue, the remaining admissions may not be capable of supporting a conviction. The jury's advantage from hearing audio recordings does not resolve the appellate court's doubt where the doubt arises from the content and reliability of the admissions rather than from assessment of witness demeanour.
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