R v GBQ

[2025] QCA 33

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal and new trial
3. › Verdict unreasonable or insupportable having regard to evidence
4. › Inconsistent verdicts
5. › Acquittal and conviction on different counts arising from same event
6. › Whether verdicts irreconcilable as affront to logic and commonsense
7. › Whether differing verdicts explicable by differing quality of evidence or jury mercy

Quick Take

Where two counts of indecent treatment arise from the same event with the complainant in the same physical position, a jury cannot logically reject the complainant's evidence on one count while accepting it on the other, and the resulting verdicts will be irreconcilable.

Case Details

Citation[2025] QCA 33

CourtQCA

JurisdictionQueensland

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