The accused was tried on historical sexual offence charges involving a child complainant, together with related breach of probation counts.
The court admitted similar fact evidence arising from the accused's prior guilty plea involving highly distinctive misconduct with another young girl, holding that the Crown disproved allegations of conscious or unconscious collusion on a balance of probabilities.
Applying the W. (D.) framework, the court rejected the accused's blanket denial, accepted the complainant's detailed evidence as credible and reliable despite delayed and incremental disclosure, and found the Crown proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Convictions were entered on all counts in the indictment.
