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

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