Evidence of coaching of a complainant by a person hostile to the accused falls within the recognised exception to the finality rule for evidence of bias or partiality, and must be admitted where there is a clear opportunity for the hostile person to influence the witness. A complete failure to direct the jury on the limited use of recent complaint evidence (consistency only, not proof of truth) will result in a miscarriage of justice where the complainant's credibility is seriously in question. Evidence of uncharged sexual acts is admissible to show the existence of a sexual passion or relationship, but where it presents a risk of propensity reasoning, a warning must be given unless the evidence satisfies the Pfennig test for similar fact evidence.
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