Where a co-accused's admissions in telephone conversations do not mention or implicate the applicant, the admission of those conversations in a joint trial does not give rise to positive injustice warranting a separate trial, and any residual prejudice can be adequately addressed by jury directions. The decision in Hamalainen v R is confined to cases where the co-accused's admissions actually implicate the applicant.
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