The case applies the Hoch v The Queen and Pfennig v The Queen tests for similar fact/tendency evidence in the context of sexual offences, confirming that evidence of strikingly similar sexual practices by former partners of the accused is admissible as coincidence and tendency evidence under ss 97 and 98 of the Evidence Act 1995 where it has significant probative value. The total sentence for child sexual assault offences involving a single victim over a closed period of 13 months was reduced from 22 years to 16 years as manifestly excessive by comparison with approved sentences for similar offences.
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