Expert medical evidence that physical examination findings are 'consistent with' a sexual assault complainant's history offends s 102 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) and should not be led, even where no abnormal findings are revealed. The Crown practice of routinely leading such evidence should cease. A defendant's assertion in cross-examination that he has never been charged with anything (apart from a minor offence) constitutes evidence adduced to prove good character under s 110(2), even if blurted out, triggering the Crown's right to cross-examine on prior convictions.
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