A propensity direction regarding uncharged acts evidence in a sexual offence trial need not reproduce the exact formulation from R v Grech, provided the substance of the required warnings is conveyed — namely, that the jury must not reason from uncharged acts to guilt, must not be prejudiced against the accused, and must not substitute uncharged acts evidence for evidence of the charged offences. A trial judge is not required to specifically advert to the familial relationship between the accused and complainant in the propensity direction where doing so would be unnecessarily prejudicial.
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