Legal Matter: Setting the Record Straight
Misleading Information
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Observations by the Judiciary
The Supreme Court of Appeal
February 2017
“The records strongly suggested that offence could not have been committed on 3 February 2012 in the manner the complainant described… They had the potential to significantly undermine the complainant’s evidence”
District Court Judge before Retrial
August 2017
“Now, it seems to me the real issue is the credibility of her evidence about how she recognised it was the accused. But given this other evidence that [the DPP] wishes to lead, it seems to me there is also an issue about whether the incident happened at all.”
Final Result
Following the retrial in October 2017, where the exculpatory evidence the original barrister refused to adduce was finally presented, the jury returned a Not Guilty verdict after just 30 minutes of deliberation.
National Police Certificate — November 2017
