NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 105 A Crim R 479
New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal CITATION : Regina v Gillard [1999] NSWCCA 21 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60054/98; 60377/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 & 11 December 1998 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 March 1999
Ronald Douglas Gillard (appellant) PARTIES : Colleen Therese Gillard (appellant) Regina (respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Ireland J; Dunford J; Bruce J
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/11/0639 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Armitage DCJ
R Burgess (RD Gillard) COUNSEL : JC Papayanni (CT Gillard) RD Ellis (Respondent) TA Murphy (RD Gillard) SOLICITORS : Jeffreys & Associates (CT Gillard) SE O'Connor (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - act of indecency towards complainant; meaning of s 61E(2A) Crimes Act 1900 (now s 61N); CRIMINAL LAW - sexual assault; long delay in complaint; admissibility; Evidence Act 1995, ss 66, 108(3) Evidence Act 1995 ss 66(1) and (2) 59(1) 102 ACTS CITED : 108(1) and (3)(b) Crimes Act 1900 s 405B(2) s 61E(2A) (now s 61N) Indecency With Children Act 1990 (UK) Graham v The Queen (1998) 72 ALJR 1491 R v PAH (CCA - 18 December 1998) R v Harvey (CCA - 9 April 1998) Longman v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 79 CASES CITED: Crofts v The Queen (1996) 186 CLR 427 R v BL Johnston (CCA - unreported - 31 July 1998) R v K (CCA - unreported - 8 October 1997) M v The Queen 181 CLR 487 Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 R v Francis (1988) Cr App R 127 DECISION : Appeals allowed; Convictions and sentences quashed; New trial ordered.
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