Where Crown witnesses have been compelled to give evidence before the Australian Crime Commission, the trial judge must give clear directions to the jury on the fact and significance of that compulsion, including the possibility of fabrication; it is insufficient to rely on the jury recalling the fact of compulsion from the evidence itself. The Crown prosecutor has a duty to reveal to the jury that a witness has been indemnified, even where defence counsel fails to raise the matter. Section 93B of the Evidence Act 1977 (Qld) authorises admission of out-of-court statements only in 'prescribed criminal proceedings' involving offences defined in chapters 28 to 32 of the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld).
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