Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail told the Court of Appeal today that the credibility of the prosecution's star witness in Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was not affected by the discrepancies in his testimony.

Abdul Gani ( photo ) said even if there was any discrepancies in complainant Azizan Abu Bakar's testimony, it did not affect the ingredients of the charge against Anwar and his co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja.

If anything, Azizan's evidence had o­nly "inspired confidence, his demeanour straightforward, and testimony bore the hallmark of truth", the public prosecutor said.