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Conviction and sentence for sexual assault of a minor upheld; trial judge's credibility findings entitled to deference.
The appellant appealed his conviction and sentence for sexual assault.
The trial judge had accepted the seven-year-old complainant's evidence despite inconsistencies, relying on the child's description of the assault and his subsequent protective behaviour.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the conviction appeal, finding no misapplication of the law and holding that the trial judge's credibility findings were entitled to deference.
The sentence appeal was also dismissed, as the trial judge made no error in principle.
