Behi v R [2024] NSWCCA 89

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Behi v R [2024] NSWCCA 89 Hearing dates: 12 June 2024 Date of orders: 16 August 2024 Decision date: 16 August 2024 Before: Ward P at [1]; Campbell J at [420]; Button J at [422] Decision: 1. Extend time for filing notice of appeal to 1 February 2024. 2. Grant leave to appeal. 3. Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against conviction – Exclusion of evidence under s 293 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) – Whether evidence of sexual experience of complainant at about the time of the commission of the alleged prescribed sexual offences – Whether evidence of sexual experience of complainant forms part of connected set of circumstances in which alleged prescribed sexual offences occurred – Evidence not forming part of such circumstances CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against conviction – Unreasonable verdict – Where offending occurred at applicant's chiropractic studio – Where complainant has limited grasp of English – Where complainant took contemporaneous notes – Alleged inconsistencies between notes and other evidence – Where inconsistencies explicable – Verdict reasonably open to jury on all counts Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61J, 61KD, 578A Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 3, 130A, 292B, 293, 294CB Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 41, 55, 56, 102, 103 Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal) Rules 2021 (NSW), rr 3.1, 3.5, 4.15 Cases Cited: Adams v R [2018] NSWCCA 303 AK v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 175 ARS v R [2011] NSWCCA 266 AW v R [2023] NSWCCA 92 Chia v R [2021] NSWCCA 51 Cook (a pseudonym) v R [2022] NSWCCA 282 Cook (a pseudonym) v The King [2024] HCA 26 Dansie v The Queen (2022) 274 CLR 651; [2022] HCA 25 Edwards v The Queen (2021) 273 CLR 585; [2021] HCA 28 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 GEH v R [2012] NSWCCA 150 Greenhalgh v R [2017] NSWCCA 94 Harper v R [2022] NSWCCA 211 Hayne v R [2022] NSWCCA 11 Hofer v The Queen (2021) 274 CLR 351; [2021] HCA 36 Ilievski v R; Nolan v R (No 2) (2023) 112 NSWLR 375; [2023] NSWCCA 248 Kalbasi v Western Australia (2018) 264 CLR 62; [2018] HCA 7Lee v R [2023] NSWCCA 70 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 Manojlovic v R; R v Manojlovic [2020] NSWCCA 315 Maughan v R [2020] NSWCCA 51 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Park v R [2023] NSWCCA 71 Pell v The Queen (2020) 268 CLR 123; [2020] HCA 12 Picken v R [2007] NSWCCA 319 Plomp v The Queen (1963) 110 CLR 234; [1963] HCA 44 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Burton [2013] NSWCCA 335 R v Charbel Rahme [2004] NSWCCA 233 R v Morgan (1993) 30 NSWLR 543 Rao v R [2019] NSWCCA 290 Restricted Decision [2023] NSWCCA 223 Taleb v The Queen [2015] NSWCCA 105 Taylor v The Queen (2009) 78 NSWLR 198; [2009] NSWCCA 180 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 Tomlinson v R (2022) 107 NSWLR 239; [2022] NSWCCA 16 Zhou v R [2021] NSWCCA 278 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Riaz Behi (Appellant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Stratton SC with T O'Rourke (Appellant) A Bonnor (Respondent)