Tendency evidence of prior domestic violence is admissible in respect of aggravated sexual assault charges where it supports the complainant's credibility as to the infliction of actual bodily harm, even though it does not directly prove the sexual elements. The short duration of a sexual assault and the absence of sexual gratification on the part of the offender do not diminish the objective seriousness of the offence where it was committed to humiliate and physically dominate the complainant.
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