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Even if there were no “inconsistencies” in the testimony of the Crown’s key witness, the judge said he would have to treat her evidence with caution “because of her criminal lifestyle, her dishonest character, her possible motive to lie, her demeanour, and the way in which her important evidence evolved through coaching by police officers.”