The South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal against conviction for persistent sexual exploitation of a child, holding that: (1) the failure to direct on potential unreliability of evidence affected by therapy including hypnosis was not reasonably arguable as a ground of appeal; (2) the trial judge's reasons were adequate to support acceptance of the complainant R's evidence beyond reasonable doubt; and (3) although the trial judge erred by acting upon matters not in evidence when assessing a witness's testimony, the error did not warrant allowing the appeal on the facts.
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