The appellant, a former police chief, appealed his conviction for sexual assault against a subordinate officer.
He argued the trial judge erred by rejecting defence expert evidence on document sequencing of the complainant's notebook and by misapplying the W.(D.) test when assessing credibility.
The Superior Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge was entitled to reject the expert evidence as unreliable and had properly applied the W.(D.) framework in finding the complainant's evidence compelling and rejecting the appellant's bare denial.
