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XP v Public Prosecutor

[2008] 4 SLR(R) 686; [2008] SGHC 119
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHigh Court of Singapore
Year2008
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

It may be unsafe to convict on the uncorroborated evidence of a single witness unless that evidence is 'unusually convincing'; the standard is not confined to sexual offences but applies to uncorroborated testimony generally.

Area of Law

e

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