The young person appealed his conviction for sexual assault and the resulting sentence of one year in secure custody.
The trial judge had rejected the young person's exculpatory evidence based on an alleged lack of detail during examination-in-chief.
The Court of Appeal found that the trial judge's credibility assessment was flawed and unsupported by the record, as the young person had simply answered the questions put to him by his counsel.
The appeal was allowed, the conviction quashed, and a new trial ordered.
