Acceptance of a claim under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse does not constitute an admission that the claimed abuse occurred and cannot assist an applicant in proving abuse on the balance of probabilities for sentencing purposes; however, unchallenged direct testimonial evidence of sustained childhood sexual abuse may be admitted as fresh evidence on appeal where shame, embarrassment and drug-related avoidance explain the failure to adduce it at first instance.
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