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(i) The trial Judge erred in law in refusing a defence application to stay the case as an abuse of process by reason inter alia of delay.
(ii) The trial Judge erred in refusing a defence application for a direction of no case to answer in respect of the preferred charges at the close of the prosecution case.
(iii) The trial Judge's remarks to the jury irrevocably prejudiced the fair trial of the applicant by indicating that complainants in sexual abuse cases rarely make false allegations.
(iv) The trial Judge wrongly intervened irreparably wrong footing, disrupting and undermining the delivery, content and impression of the defence closing speech to the jury:
(v) The verdict was against the evidence and against the weight of the evidence.
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