The Court dismissed a Part 7 application finding no doubt or question under s 79(2) of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 arising from any of the applicant's nine grounds, which included alleged false information to a court expert, unreasonable verdicts, inadequate police investigation, prosecutorial misconduct, inadequate legal representation, and fresh evidence. The Court held that where trial counsel made rational forensic decisions — including decisions not to deploy Cellebrite material, not to recall witnesses, and not to call the applicant to give evidence — the applicant does not establish a relevant doubt or question merely by contending a different decision might have achieved a better outcome. The Court also held that text messages and other material from a Cellebrite download, which were available to the defence at trial but not deployed, were on their face consistent with the Crown case of an abusive relationship characterised by coercive control, and their non-deployment reflected understandable forensic judgment rather than incompetence.
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