Inconsistencies between CCTV footage and a complainant's oral evidence do not necessarily render a guilty verdict unreasonable; such inconsistencies are matters for the jury to weigh, particularly where the CCTV footage also provides substantial support for the complainant's account and independent witnesses corroborate the central allegations. For sexual assault and assault occasioning bodily harm committed in a public place against a former partner, concurrent sentences of 12 months' imprisonment with parole release after four months are within the appropriate range.
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