confessed to by the accused in the retracted
statement, it means the confessional statement is
reliable and can be so relied upon in convicting
the accused person, his retraction notwithstanding
the Supreme Court held .”
In the present case therefore, notwithstanding the
spirited, though belated attempt by the Defendant
to
retract
her
confessional
statement,
the
prosecution had established beyond conjecture, that
the unimpeached testimonies of the prosecution
witnesses, are materially consistent with the account
contained in Exhibit P3 and P3A, the confessional
statements,
thereby
rendering
the
confession
believable and as such the Defendant can be safely
convicted upon the said statement.
47