Regina v BKK [2001] NSWCCA 525

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v BKK [2001] NSWCCA 525 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60824/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 August 2001; 7 December 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 December 2001

PARTIES : Regina v BKK JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Grove J at 2; Sperling J at 106

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 95/11/0493 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Morgan DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : D.M. Woodburne (Crown) D.S. Timmins (Appellant) SOLICITORS : S.E. O'Connor (Crown) Nyman Gibson & Co (Appellant) CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - SEXUAL ASSAULTS - DELAY - PREJUDICE TO ACCUSED - REQUISITE ASSISTANCE TO JURY OF HANDICAP IN PREPARATION OF DEFENCE - DENIAL OF EVENTS OF EARLIER ALLEGED OFFENCES BUT CONSENT TO LATER EVENTS - CAPACITY TO VIEW CIRCUMSTANCES DISCRIMINATEDLY WITH CONSEQUENT AFFECT TO APPEAL OUTCOME - ACCUSED UNREPRESENTED AT TRIAL - ILLNESS OF ACCUSED - WHETHER TRIAL UNFAIR - WHETHER INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY ADEQUATE - PARTICULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON COMPLAINT CORROBORATION CHARACTER AND FAILURE OF ACCUSED TO TESTIFY Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Criminal Procedure Act 1980 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 R v Dixon [2001] NSWCCA 39 R v Green [2001] SASC 25 Doggett v The Queen [2001] 75 ALJR 1290 Longman v The Queen 1989 168 CLR 79 CASES CITED: Crampton v The Queen [2000] 75 ALJR 133 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487 R v Kennedy 1997 94 A Crim R 341 RPS v The Queen 2000 199 CLR 620 Azzopardi v The Queen [2001] 75 ALJR 931 GPP [2001] NSWCCA 493 DECISION : APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART; CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES QUASHED ON FIVE COUNTS AND NEW TRIAL ORDERED; REMITTED TO DISTRICT COURT FOR RESENTENCE ON BALANCE OF COUNTS