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Mosely order made, upon adjournment of prerecording of complainant’s evidence and trial, staying further prosecution until Crown pays accused’s costs thrown away by adjournment in the sum of $2,400: Shanahan DCJ.
Primary Judgment
DC190/18 (No citation)
19 Nov 2020
Date of conviction; found guilty after trial before Richards DCJ and jury of one count of use electronic communication to procure, one count of possess child exploitation material, thirty-three counts of indecent treatment, and one count of use carriage service to access child pornography material; offences arose out of communications between accused, who was a schoolteacher, and 14yo schoolgirl in Scotland; sole issue at trial was defence of belief as to age; accused testified in own defence.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2019] QCA 125 (2019) 1 QR 365; (2019) 278 A Crim R 319
25 Jun 2019
A-G (Qld) and CDPP’s appeal against Mosely order allowed; order set aside; no basis upon which his Honour could have found that loss of $2,400 in context of present litigation led to any significant effect upon accused’s ability to fund his trial or to any unfairness in prosecution continuing: Sofronoff P, Morrison JA, Davis J.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2021] QCA 238
09 Nov 2021
Appeal against convictions dismissed; prosecutor’s cross-examination of accused did not contravene EA s 15 in circumstances where the accused’s bad character was already before the jury, the questioning revealing nothing new/adding nothing; certain submissions in prosecutor’s closing address did not cause miscarriage of justice: Sofronoff P, Mullins JA, Crow J.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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