The Court confirmed that an application for extension of time to appeal filed after abandonment of a timely appeal should be treated as an application under r 70(3) of the Criminal Practice Rules 1999 (Qld) to set aside the abandonment. Disclosure of evidence to an accused's trial counsel before trial constitutes disclosure to the accused, and a forensic decision by counsel not to use disclosed material does not amount to prosecutorial non-disclosure. The absence of full corroboration of a complainant's evidence in sexual offence cases does not, of itself, render a guilty verdict unreasonable.
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