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Date of conviction, upon verdict of jury at trial presided over by McGinness DCJ, of one count of entering premises with intent, one count of robbery with circumstances of aggravation, and two counts of deprivation of liberty, all of which related to the robbery of a tavern. The Crown’s circumstantial case relied substantially upon the presence of the accused’s DNA on several objects used in the commission and found at the scene of the offences.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2020] QCA 163
11 Aug 2020
Appeal against convictions dismissed; jury’s verdicts not unreasonable; inference of guilt the only reasonable inference open on the evidence; hypothesis consistent with innocence – that presence of DNA related to conduct of accused’s gardening business – did not fairly arise on the evidence, it being based on mere conjecture and speculation: Wilson J (Holmes CJ and Morrison JA agreeing).
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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