Section 165B of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) does not require a trial judge sitting without a jury to give himself a warning regarding forensic disadvantage from delay in prosecution. The hypothetical absence of DNA evidence from a condom that was not recovered does not establish significant forensic disadvantage under s 165B where it is speculative whether the evidence would have been inculpatory or exculpatory.
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