Where a prosecution case depends on recovered/repressed memory evidence, the reliability of the recovered memory must be established beyond reasonable doubt, and in the absence of expert evidence, reliability must be assessed by reference to the internal consistency of the evidence and its consistency with the circumstantial evidence as a whole; the Jury Directions Act 2015 (Vic) provisions on delay in complaint and differences in account do not bear directly on the reliability of the recovered memory itself.
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