R v Neil Duncan [2024] NSWDC 435

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Neil Duncan [2024] NSWDC 435 Hearing dates: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 June 2024; 5, 26 July 2024. Date of orders: 9 September 2024 Decision date: 09 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: McGuire SC DCJ Decision: Multiple verdicts of guilty. For verdicts see [376]. For orders see [377]. Catchwords: CRIME — Child sex offences — judge alone — complaint evidence — tendency evidence. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bauer v R [2018] HCA 40 Fleming v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 250 Gilham v R [2012] NSWCCA 131 Jovanovic v R (1997) 42 NSWLR 520 Liberato v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 507 R v Markuleski (2001) 52 NSWLR 82 Waldron v R [2023] NSWCCA 128 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Crown) Neil Duncan (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Crown: Mr W Martin (Solicitor Advocate) Accused: Ms T O'Rourke Solicitors: Crown: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) Accused: Aulich Lawyers File Number(s): 2020/317451 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the names of or any information that identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of the complainant referred to as RN or other witnesses referred to as OO, HU, SC, KB, PN, MM, ES, Z or L.