Where an accused's evidence in a judge-alone trial amounts to bare denials of the offences charged, a trial judge's failure to expressly state that the denials are rejected does not constitute a failure to give adequate reasons under s 133(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), provided the rejection is the only inference reasonably available from the judgment as a whole. A school principal's breach of trust in committing sexual offences against pupils is more significant on sentence than would be the case for a classroom teacher who did not occupy such a position of authority.
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