The omission to give a general propensity warning in relation to uncharged acts evidence does not necessarily occasion a miscarriage of justice where the trial judge gives clear directions limiting the jury's use of that evidence to the specific purpose for which it was admitted, particularly where the evidence was given only by the complainant whose credibility was emphasised as the central issue. Where the prosecution does not rely on statements in a record of interview as lies revealing consciousness of guilt, an Edwards direction is not required. A head sentence of 14 years imprisonment for five counts of rape and one count of assault occasioning bodily harm, committed over 18 months against a vulnerable young person by an offender with a significant history of sexual offending against children, was within the sentencing discretion.
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