BISSAH v. THE STATE [1967] GLR 310-318

Criminal law and procedure—Jury trial—Misdirection—Discrepancies between evidence of principal prosecution witnesses and their statements to the police—Failure of trial judge to sift and marshal evidence in assisting jury in appraisal of evidence—Further direction inadequate.

Criminal law and procedure—Eyewitnesses—Complaint to police—Eyewitnesses to crime tardy in making complaint to police—Delay not satisfactorily explained—Whether evidence to be regarded with some suspicion.

