Where the prosecution can establish that a 16- or 17-year-old victim was under the accused's care, supervision or authority on the general evidence (including the circumstances of the victim being left in the accused's care), it is unnecessary to rely on the specific deeming categories in ss 48(4) and 49(4) of the Crimes Act 1958, and attempting to do so in borderline cases (such as informal employment arrangements) may confuse the jury. Verdicts on multiple sexual offence charges are not necessarily inconsistent where the accused's admissions in a police interview provide independent corroboration of one charge but not another.
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