An accused's statements to police attributing complaints to the unreliability of the complainant, even if false, are not capable of being Edwards lies because they do not reveal knowledge of the offence or some aspect of it — they reveal only a concern that the complainant's version might be accepted. The precise identification of the lie, including whether the accused was representing a fact or representing what another person told him, is critical. Inconsistency between the prosecutor's characterisation and the trial judge's characterisation of alleged lies compounds any misdirection.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 4 later cases that cite this judgment.
3 of the 4 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.