R v Johnston

[2016] NTSC 57

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

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1. Criminal Law
2. › sexual offences
3. › severance application
4. › single complainant
5. › risk of prejudice to the accused
6. › whether trying counts together would prejudice or embarrass the accused’s defence
7. › application allowed
8. › indictment severed
9. › Criminal Code (NT) s 341, s 341A
1. Criminal Law
2. › sexual offences
3. › severance application
4. › single complainant
5. › ensuring a fair trial
6. › high risk of misuse of evidence
7. › jury direction
8. › whether trying counts together would create a real risk of the jury engaging in propensity reasoning
9. › whether risk could be cured by direction
10. › application allowed
11. › indictment severed
12. › Criminal Code (NT) s 341, s 341A
1. Criminal Law
2. › sexual offences
3. › severance application
4. › single complainant
5. › impracticality caused by severance
6. › little impracticality caused because evidence could be separated
7. › application allowed
8. › indictment severed
9. › Criminal Code (NT) s 341, s 341A
1. Criminal Code (NT) s 131A(2), s 131A (4), s 131A(5), s 132(2)(a), s 192(3), s 192(4), s 341, s 341A