JN v R [2019] NSWCCA 287

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: JN v R [2019] NSWCCA 287 Hearing dates: 1 July 2019 Date of orders: 04 December 2019 Decision date: 04 December 2019 Before: Payne JA at [1]; Button J at [197]; Lonergan J at [210] Decision: (1) Appeal allowed on ground 1. (2) Dismiss grounds 2 and 3. (3) Set aside the appellant's conviction on counts 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16 of the amended indictment and in place thereof order that a verdict of acquittal be entered. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – unreasonable verdict – jury verdicts of guilty for historical sexual offences committed against two complainants – where there were internal inconsistences in the evidence and directly contradictory evidence – unreasonable verdicts – verdict of acquittal entered Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 61J, 61M, 61N, 66A, 66C Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 4 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 20 Cases Cited: Daaboul v R [2019] NSWCCA 191 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 Mahmood v State of Western Australia (2008) 232 CLR 397; [2008] HCA 1 R v Apostilides (1984) 154 CLR 563; [1984] HCA 38 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Bauer (a pseudonym) [2018] HCA 40; 92 ALJR 846 R v Westerman (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 19 July 1991, unrep) SKA v The Queen (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Category: Principal judgment Parties: JN (Appellant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Woods QC / T Woods (Appellant) B Baker (Respondent)