5 I shall now turn to the sexual offence charges in Counts I and II. Suffice to say that to ground a conviction under Section 122 of the Criminal Code, (Count I) Section 121 requires that the prosecution must first establish the following: (a) There was carnal knowledge of the Prosecutrix, (b) The act was unlawful, (c) The prosecutrix did not give her consent, and (d) The act was that of the accused person. I have carefully looked at Section 127 (1) of the Criminal Code, (Count II) and it appears to me that the prosecution is required to establish that: (a) There was carnal knowledge of a girl, (b) The act was unlawful, (c) The girl was under the age of eighteen years, and (d) The act was that of the accused person. Section 180 (2) (a) of the Evidence Act makes it mandatory for the evidence of the prosecutrix in a sexual offence case to be corroborated. It is for this reason, that it is now good law in our jurisdiction that in cases of a sexual character it is eminently desirable that the evidence of the complainant be strengthened by other evidence implicating the accused person in some material particular. In other words, there must be some evidence tending to confirm, support and or strengthen the evidence of the prosecutrix

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