evidence to be corroborated and connects the relevant person with the offence, claim or defence.” “180 (1) Unless otherwise provided in this Act or any other Act, a court may, in any proceedings, act on the admitted evidence of a single witness, or a single document properly proved” (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) a court shall not, in the following cases act upon the uncorroborated evidence, except in a criminal case upon an accused person’s own plea of guilty:(a) cases of rape and other sexual offences against complainants; (b) claims against the estate of a deceased person; (c) cases of sexual misconduct in matrimonial causes; (d) cases of perjury; and (e) cases of exceeding speed limit under the Motor Traffic Act. Having quoted as above, I now look at the evidence of the witnesses. a) PW 1, the victim testified that the accused undressed her whilst he held a knife in his hand and took off his own clothes, covered her mouth and thereafter climbed on top of her. He thereafter inserted his private part into hers. 17

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