“Corroboration Of A Child’s Unsworn Testimony Need Not Be Another Eyewitness Account” — Court of Appeal Rules, Affirms Murder Conviction

“Corroboration Of A Child’s Unsworn Testimony Need Not Be Another Eyewitness Account” — Court of Appeal Rules, Affirms Murder Conviction

The Court of Appeal, Owerri Judicial Division, has held that the corroboration required by law for the unsworn evidence of a child witness need not take the form of another eyewitness account, and may be supplied by circumstantial evidence, a medical report or the defendant’s own confessional statement, provided the material is intrinsically connected to […]