Criminal trial on seven intimate-partner-violence counts, including multiple assaults, two choking/suffocation allegations, assault with a weapon, and uttering death threats.
Applying the W.D. framework, the court rejected the accused's blanket denials after finding them incompatible with two contemporaneous recordings and police evidence about the absence of visible injuries.
The court held that inconsistencies in the complainant's sequencing on minor details did not undermine the reliability of her core allegations, which were corroborated by objective evidence.
Findings of guilt were entered on counts one through six, while one assault count was dismissed for absence of evidence.
