A guilty verdict returned by a jury is sufficient to enliven the right of appeal under s 5(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), even where no formal conviction has been entered or sentence imposed. Inconsistencies in a child complainant's evidence as to surrounding details (time, location of family members, whether complaint was made) do not necessarily render guilty verdicts unreasonable where the child's core account of the offending conduct is clear and supported by contemporaneous drawings and gestures.
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