The accused was charged with obstructing a police officer and several Highway Traffic Act offences after a vehicle registered to him was involved in a rollover accident.
The driver fled the scene.
Shortly after, the accused was found at a nearby gas station claiming he had been carjacked.
Two passing motorists identified the accused as the fleeing driver during a police show-up at the gas station.
The court found the eyewitness identification evidence highly unreliable due to poor lighting, brief observation, and a flawed identification procedure.
The circumstantial evidence, while suspicious, was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused was the driver.
The accused was acquitted of all charges.
