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Pre-trial applications for change of venue and/or no-jury order, on basis of prejudicial pre-trial publicity in respect of applicant’s possible involvement in disappearance of wife, refused; publicity not so prejudicial that it cannot adequately be addressed by jury directions; no other special features to warrant making of no-jury order: O'Brien CJDC.
Primary Judgment
DC358/14 (No citation)
13 Jun 2017
Date of conviction of one count of aggravated indecent treatment in respect of complainant B. By the same jury, Mr Chardon was acquitted of other sexual offences involving B and her brother A charged as occurring on the same occasion as the count of which he was convicted.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2016] QCA 50 [2017] 1 Qd R 148
04 Mar 2016
Application for declaratory relief in respect of [2015] QDC 59 refused; question of jurisdiction of court to grant relief sought left open; discretionary considerations militated against granting relief: Gotterson and Morrison JJA. McMurdo P held that although the court had jurisdiction to grant the relief sought in exceptional or special circumstances, the applicant did not demonstrate the existence of such circumstances.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2017] QCA 253
31 Oct 2017
Appeal against conviction dismissed; jury verdict not unreasonable; open on the evidence and not inconsistent with acquittals on other counts: Fraser and McMurdo JJA, Mullins J.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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