Brown v R [2025] NSWCCA 30

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Brown v R [2025] NSWCCA 30 Hearing dates: 10 February 2025 Date of orders: 7 March 2025 Decision date: 07 March 2025 Before: Bell CJ at [1]; Stern JA at [4]; Yehia J at [54] Decision: (1) Grant leave to extend time to file the notice of appeal. (2) Grant leave to appeal. (3) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against conviction — unreasonable verdict — whether each or either verdict of guilty in relation to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent cannot be supported having regard to evidence CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence — application for leave to appeal out of time — application not opposed CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence —miscarriage of justice — whether discrepancies between the sentencing judge's findings and evidence — where no objection taken at trial — whether errors of fact capable of influencing sentencing discretion — whether lesser sentence warranted in law Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61HA, 61I, 61L Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) ss 5(1)(b), 5(1)(c) Cases Cited: AS v R [2022] NSWCCA 291 Banditt v The Queen (2005) 224 CLR 262; [2005] HCA 80 Bolton v R [2023] NSWCCA 211 Cabot (a pseudonym) v R [2018] NSWCCA 265 Kentwell v The Queen (2014) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 Newman (a pseudonym) v R [2019] NSWCCA 157 Pell v The Queen (2020) 268 CLR 123; [2020] HCA 12 R v Aiken (2005) 63 NSWLR 719; [2005] NSWCCA 328 R v XHR [2012] NSWCCA 247 Reed v R [2006] NSWCCA 314 Sabapathy v R [2008] NSWCCA 82 Shortland v R [2024] NSWCCA 174 SKA v R (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Slater v R [2024] NSWCCA 210 Texts Cited: E McDonald and others, Rape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process: Comparing Adult Rape Trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Pilot (Canterbury University Press, 2020) New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Consent in Relation to Sexual Offences Report (Report 148, September 2020) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Brown (Applicant) Rex (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Ramrakha (Applicant) K Jeffreys (Respondent)