The KBT v The Queen unanimity direction is not required where the complainant's evidence is of identical, undifferentiated sexual acts occurring on every occasion over a sustained period, because the jury has no basis to disagree about which specific acts were committed. Evidence of sexual acts committed outside Queensland is admissible to prove the initiation and maintenance of a sexual relationship under s 229B(1), even though those acts cannot constitute elements of the offence. The court signalled that legislative reform of s 229B(1A) is needed to ensure it operates as an evidentiary provision rather than a definition of the actus reus.
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