Hospital medical records containing complaints of sexual abuse consistent with the complainant's evidence will generally be destructive to a defence case denying the offending occurred, and competent counsel would not seek their admission. A child complainant in a sexual offence prosecution is not a 'person in authority' for the purposes of s 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1894 (Qld), and the possibility of an innocent explanation for statements in a pretext call does not render the call inadmissible.
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