Counts of indecent dealing are sufficiently particularised where the complainant's evidence identifies discrete and specific incidents with distinguishing features, even without a formal request for particulars. A Jones v Dunkel direction is not required where a witness has been called by the prosecution and the defence does not request recall, particularly where the evidence in question is equivocal. A sentence of five years' imprisonment for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child aged 6-10, involving digital penetration, oral sex and other indecent acts by a person in a position of trust, is within range.
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