When reviewing the reasonableness of a verdict from a judge alone trial, the constitutional deference owed to a jury does not apply, but weight should still be given to the trial judge's demeanour-based assessments. In a circumstantial case alleging the accused was the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal collision, evidence from eyewitnesses suggesting two persons may have been in the vehicle was insufficient to raise a reasonable doubt where the inculpatory circumstantial evidence — including the accused's proven lies, admission of exiting through the driver's door, and the pattern of dangerous driving — was overwhelming.
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