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@**caution**opinion_ahead wrote:

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@bankhaunter wrote:

What other evidence apart from verbal accusations could there be, there is very rarely any sort of a witness or physical evidence.

 

Verbal accusations have to show some veracity with relevant factors to back them up.

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But you do need the back up of relevant factors.  If someone kept a detailed diary at the time of the alleged offence, but made no mention of it happening there, that has got to reduce the weight of the verbal evidence.  If someone makes an allegation and specific details (location, date) are shown to be false, that has got to reduce the weight of the verbal evidence.  If someone attempts blackmail prior to going to the authorities, that has got to reduce their credibility as a witness.  And so on ...

 

 

 

 

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Then of course there is the converse situation which would increase the credibility of a witness.

A detailed diary that included details of the allegation, specific details, (location, date), are shown to be credible.  Evidence that the alleged victim was pressurised into keeping quiet or as in the JS case evidence that a complaint was made at the time but was ignored.