In fraud prosecutions under s 408C of the Criminal Code (Qld) where the accused is charged as a party, the Crown must articulate with precision the principal offender's knowledge, belief or intent said to render the acts dishonest, and the trial judge must direct the jury on that specific state of mind; conflation of directorship with ownership is a legally significant error that must be corrected in directions.
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