this judgment. I will now consider the 5 counts against the Defendants, the evidence adduced in support and the applicable law. However, I must stress that this is a criminal trial. And by virtue of Sections 135 and 136 of the Evidence Act, 2011 (as amended). It provides. (“35) (1) If the commission of a crime by a party to any proceeding is directly in issue in any proceeding civil or criminal, it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.” (2)The burden of proving that any person who has been guilty of a crime or wrongful Act is, subject to section 139 of this Act on the person who asserts it, whether the commission of such Act is not directly in issue in the action. (3) if the prosecution proves the commission of a crime beyond reasonable doubt, the burden of proving reasonable doubt is shifted on to the Defendants. “ 136(1) The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on that parson who wishes the Court to believe in its existence unless it is provided by any law that the proof of that fact shall lie on any particular person, but the burden may in the course of a case be shifted from one side to the other. (2) In considering the amount of evidence necessary to shift the burden of proof regard shall be had by the Court to the 28