Fresh evidence of systemic police corruption — including verballing, planting evidence, and perjury — revealed through Royal Commission and Police Integrity Commission proceedings can constitute fresh evidence warranting a new trial, particularly where the corrupt officers were centrally involved in the investigation and arrest. A Longman direction may not be required where the delay in complaint is only four to six months and there is no significant possibility that the delay caused prosecution evidence to give a misleading appearance of plausibility. Crown submissions asking 'why would the complainant falsely identify the accused' are improper as they invite speculation and may tend to reverse the onus of proof.
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