The appellant was convicted of attempted rape, the complainant having been in the company of another woman. After the incident the 35 two women went to a club; they said nothing about the incident until the appellant came to the club asking to have returned to him certain articles he had allegedly given the complainant as a bribe.
Held:
The corollary to the principle that evidence of early complaint is admissible to show consistency is that the failure to make an early complaint must be weighed in the scales against the prosecution case.
