What is the impact of inconsistencies in the evidence of a child witness?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R v DB, 2013 ONSC 7538 (CanLII):
The presence of inconsistencies in the evidence of a child witness, especially as to peripheral matters, should be assessed in the context of the age of the witness at the time of the alleged events. Regina v. W.(R.), 1992 CanLII 56 (SCC), [1992] S.C.J. No. 56, at paragraph 26.
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