R v Andrew Dean McIntosh [2007] NSWDC 36

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v Andrew Dean McIntosh [2007] NSWDC 36

HEARING DATE(S): 13/2/07-28/2/07

JUDGMENT DATE: 28 February 2007

JURISDICTION: NSW

JUDGMENT OF: Knox SC DCJ

DECISION: Application for separate trials dismissed; Tendency evidence of W and C is not permitted to be led; Evidence led in relation to each count is permitted to be relied on as tendency evidence in relation to the other counts; The videos (VD 6 and 7) can also be relied on as tendency evidence in relation to counts one, two and three.

CATCHWORDS: application for separate trials - objections to records of interviews - tendency/coincidence evidence - objections to videos

Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual & Other Offences) Act 2006 (NSW) Evidence (Children) Act 1997 (NSW) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

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