The cross-admissibility of evidence between two sets of sexual offences may be established where there is a common pattern of offending (including method of abduction, type of penetration, post-offence conduct, and DNA evidence linking the accused to both attacks), even where there are differences in time of day, use of weapons, and specific disguise. Sentences of 10 years imprisonment for digital rape, while ordinarily excessive, may be justified where the digital rapes form part of a sustained and brutal attack, the offender has prior convictions for violent sexual offences, and the offending had catastrophic effects on the victims.
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