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Shewan v Att. Gen. 2006 JLR 79 (27 January 2006)

Evidence-hearsay-res gestae-statements by victim to third parties identifying offender immediately after grave and criminal assault-admissible if made sufficiently close to offence that no opportunity for concoction or distortion-despite animosity between victim and accused, no real risk of concoction if statement spontaneous, instinctive reaction so closely associated with unusual, startling or dramatic offence that dominated his mind and no opportunity for reasoned reflection

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