[2002] EWCA Crim 1501

Where the prosecution case against a doctor comprised many similar allegations of indecent assault made by several of his former patients, the court was entitled to assume that the evidence of those witnesses was true before asking itself whether it would be an affront to common sense to explain the allegations on the basis of chance or coincidence. Where the defence alleged that the witnesses were mistaken or lying, it was permissible to take a cumulative approach to such evidence.

CA (Crim Div) (Rose LJ, Hunt J, Keith J)

20/05/2002