A complaint to a third party about sexual conduct that differs from the particularised offence and cannot be connected to the charged acts (as opposed to uncharged acts) is not admissible as a preliminary complaint under s 4A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1978 (Qld). The 'about the alleged commission of the offence' requirement demands demonstrated connection of subject matter, which may be shown by commonality of time, place, event or conduct, but references to uncharged acts will normally not satisfy this requirement. The question of whether appellate courts should give less deference to jury credibility assessments where evidence is entirely video recorded was raised but left open.
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