In child sexual offence cases involving multiple complainants, evidence of each complainant's account of the accused touching their vagina in circumstances of imminent risk of detection by family members is cross-admissible as tendency evidence. The tendency to act on a sexual interest in children notwithstanding the evident risk of detection is capable of removing doubt that the audacity of the conduct might otherwise raise. Tendency evidence is assessed together with all other evidence, not in isolation.
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