The case confirms that the principles in Filippou v The Queen apply to appeals under s 668E(1) of the Criminal Code (Qld) from judge-alone trials, and that the appellate court's task is to consider the whole of the evidence to determine whether it was open to the judge to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of guilt, not to identify errors in the trial judge's reasoning. Inconsistencies between a child complainant's testimony and preliminary complaint evidence do not necessarily give rise to a reasonable doubt, particularly where the complainant was consistent in formal evidence and the inconsistency is explicable by the child's age and reluctance to discuss the matter.
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