R v Wong [2022] NSWDC 257

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wong [2022] NSWDC 257 Hearing dates: 4 July 2022 Date of orders: 8 July 2022 Decision date: 08 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 110 – 111 Catchwords: APPEALS - crime – conviction appeal from Local Court to District Court – sexual touching offence - Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 61KC(a) – whether Liberato direction misapplied – absence of findings about the complainant's reliability – significance to be ascribed to inconsistencies – whether rule in Browne v Dunn infringed when appellant gave evidence about matters not put to the complainant in her evidence – whether tender of document by the appellant's counsel at hearing wrongfully refused – whether more extended use should have been made of character evidence called for the appellant - whether Crown discharged ultimate onus of proof Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61KC, 61KD Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) s 18 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) ss 293A, 294AA Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 47, 108(3) Cases Cited: Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 De Silva v The Queen (2019) 268 CLR 57 Ewen v R [2015] NSWCCA 117 Hofer v R (2021) 395 ALR 1 Lunney v DPP (2021)105 NSWLR 236 McNab v DPP (NSW) (2021)106 NSWLR 430 Melbourne v The Queen (1999) 198 CLR 1 Murray v R (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 MWJ v The Queen (2005) 222 ALR 436 Neto v R [2020] NSWCCA 128 Oneflare Pty Ltd v Chernih [2017] NSWCA 195 Pell v The Queen (2020) 268 CLR 123 R v MG (2006) 175 A Crim R 342 Scaysbrook v R [2022] NSWCCA 69 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr Wong (appellant) Office of the Director or Public Prosecutions (ODPP) Representation: Ms O'Rourke for the appellant Ms Pinkerton for the ODPP File Number(s): 2020/00150137 Publication restriction: Non-publication of the complainant's name Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Burwood Local Court Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 24 February 2022 Before: Magistrate Viney File Number(s): 2020/00150137