A 12-day adjournment during cross-examination of a central Crown witness, combined with unchallenged evidence that a self-represented accused is operating at significantly reduced capacity due to a mental health relapse, may render the continuation of the trial unfair and occasion a miscarriage of justice that cannot be cured by directions or replaying parts of evidence-in-chief.
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