› whether sufficient grounds to determine that tendency evidence of a sexual interest in children and of a tendency to act on that interest does not have significant probative value
› where one instance occurred when accused was between 12 and 14 years old
Criminal Law
› JURISDICTION, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
› Pre-trial application
› whether charges on indictment should be severed due to different complainants and different facts in issue
Criminal Law
› EVIDENCE
› Pre-trial application
› admissibility of admission made by accused upon arrest
› whether circumstances make it unlikely the truth of admission is adversely affected
› where admission vague and no caution had yet been issued by arresting police officer
› where accused is a 17-year-old Aboriginal person with an intellectual disability and a history of trauma
› whether gratuitous concurrence part of circumstances affecting reliability of admission
Case Details
Citation[2022] ACTSC 69
CourtACTSC
JurisdictionAustralian Capital Territory
Decision Date4 April 2022
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