Corroboration

Question 1

Section 121, Evidence Act 2006
(Corroboration)

Answer 1

It is not necessary for the evidence on which the prosecution relies to be corroborated, except with respect to the offences of -

(a) perjury
(b) false oaths
(c) false statements or declarations
(d) treason

Not necessary for the Judge to warn or give direction to the Jury regarding uncorroborated evidence

Question 2

Corroboration

Answer 2

Independent evidence that tends to confirm or support some fact of which other evidence is given and implicates the defendant in the crime charged

Question 3

Section 125(1), Evidence Act 2006
Judicial directions about children’s evidence

Answer 3

A judge must not give a jury any warning regarding the absence of corroboration of evidence, in criminal proceedings involving child complainants, if the Judge would not have given that kind of a warning had the complainant been an adult