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Date of conviction of murder; tried on indictment also charging rape, attempted rape, assault occasioning bodily harm and stealing; pleaded guilty during trial to all charges except murder; subsequently found guilty by jury of that offence.
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2021] QCA 105
14 May 2021
Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, retrial ordered; inadequate directions given on evidence of flight (Philippides JA, McMurdo JA) (and, more generally, on hypothesis of unintentional killing (McMurdo JA)); inadequate directions given on use of evidence on other counts in proof of murder charge (Sofronoff P, McMurdo JA); murder count should have been tried separately from rape counts (Sofronoff P).
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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