The accused, charged with multiple domestic violence offences including assault and forcible confinement, brought an O'Connor application seeking third-party records relating to the complainant.
The requested records included extensive banking, cell phone, and social media data.
The court found that the request was overly broad and amounted to a fishing expedition.
However, the court ordered a limited temporal scope of banking records to be produced for a stage two review, as they were potentially relevant to the complainant's credibility regarding text messages allegedly sent by the accused from her phone.
