A judge-alone trial applying settled self-defence principles under ACT law. The case illustrates that multiple materially inconsistent prior accounts of an incident can fatally undermine an accused's credibility on a self-defence claim, and that the Crown can disprove self-defence by establishing that the complainant did nothing to cause the accused to believe force was necessary.
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