A lawyers' view of this type of situation might normally be "of course, based on principles of evidence, this makes sense.."  Unfortunately, I think the courts have strayed very far from what common sense might mean in these types of cases, which is what the public usually has about such things...which is why the public gets so upset when they see decisions that seem (at least on the face of it) to favor an accused or a criminal over a victim of crime.  This kind of mentality of course, likely flows from the charter which has empowered judges to shape the laws that govern the land, rather than from the public and the members of parliament they have elected.