Prosecutors in Victoria seeking to rely on tendency evidence in single-complainant sexual offence cases must identify special features beyond the complainant's own account that imbue the evidence with significant probative value, and must provide a proper evidentiary basis (not mere Bar table assertions) when seeking to tender recorded evidence of a complainant who is said to be unwilling to give evidence.
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