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Date of conviction, after trial by jury, of 22 sexual offences against single child.
Primary Judgment
DC136/20 (No citation)
10 Jun 2020
Date of sentence; offender maintained sexual relationship with 11-14-year-old stepdaughter for more than 3 years; offending included several instances of oral rape; head sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment imposed (Coker DCJ).
Appeal Determined (QCA)
[2021] QCA 227
22 Oct 2021
Conviction appeal dismissed; unnecessary for summing up to identify evidence on which each count based; unnecessary for motive to lie direction to detail evidence relied upon to suggest particular motive; psychologist’s evidence admissible on count 16 as C disclosed that offence to psychologist before police; direction that that evidence of limited relevance to credibility could only disadvantage D. Sentence application refused; sentence not manifestly excessive: McMurdo JA, Mullins JA, North J.
Appeal Status
Appeal Determined (QCA)
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