•.• JlS evidence, he wondered whether it is possible for a virgin not to have a blood flow from the first sexual encounter. He submitted that from PWl's evidence it is clear that she was a girl who had multiple sexual relationships that led to the appellant constantly rebuking her and her falsely implicating him. Mr. Mweemba contends that PWl's recordings in her book are clear indications that she was sexually active. He reverted to the issue of the time of the alleged offence and he pointed out that no specific date of when the alleged offence occurred was given apart from the month of July 2015. He further submitted that from the evidence on record, it is clear that the prosecutrix failed to make an early report of the occurrence of the alleged offence. He relied on the case of NDAKALA v THE PEOPLE 4 which is instructive on the failure to make an early report and effect thereof. In the cited case, the Supreme Court held inter alia that: "The corollary to the principle that evidence of early complaint is admissible to show consistency is that the failure to make an early complaint must be weighed in the scales against the prosecution case." He also referred to this Court's recent case of TRAMPA MOONGA v THE PEOPLE5 in which we followed the principle in the NDAKALA case.

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