R v WJT [2001] NSWCCA 405

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : R v WJT [2001] NSWCCA 405 FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60024/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 1/5/2001 4/5/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 2001

PARTIES : Regina WJT JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Sully J at 2; Dowd J at 65

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 97/11/0933 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL Morgan DCJ OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Mr W Washington- Appellant Mr GE Smith- Crown SOLICITORS : Mr M Rumore- Appellant Mr SE O'Connor- Crown CATCHWORDS : Appeal against conviction - Buggery - Sexual intercourse with child between 10 years and 16 years - Whether trial judge erred in not staying indictment - Whether delay, uncertainty and vagueness in the allegations of the complainant - Admissibility of complaint evidence - Directions to jury - Relationship evidence - Section 409B Crimes Act - Whether trial judge erred in not discharging jury after inadmissible evidence led on the basis that the jury would not have heard it - Whether evidence of complainant's and mother's financial circumstances should have been allowed - Whether verdict unsafe and unsatisfactory LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Evidence Act 1995 Barton v The Queen (1980) 147 CLR 75. Jago v The District Court of New South Wales & Ors (1989) 168 CLR 23. M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487. CASES CITED: R v AH (1997) 98 A Crim R 71. R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131. R v MM (2000) 112 A Crim R 519. R v McGarvey (1987) 10 NSWLR 632. Re Cooney (1987) 31 A Crim R 256. DECISION : Appeal dismissed.