22 Aug 2025
On re-hearing the video evidence established appellant crossed the white line while the signal was red and the asserted obstructions did not prevent observation of the lights; appellant failed to prove a reasonable excuse on the objective standard and prosecution proved the offence beyond reasonable doubt, so conviction must be upheld.
22 Aug 2025
The judge, after re‑hearing and reviewing vehicle camera footage, accepted PW1's account and found the footage showed the appellant turning right early across the zebra/kerb area into the taxi's path, occupying the taxi's lane and causing the collision; that conduct fell below the standard of a careful driver and the prosecution proved the offence beyond reasonable doubt, so the conviction and fine were upheld.
24 May 2024
On full consideration of the record and testimony, the appellate judge found the material discrepancy between the victim's in‑court evidence and her contemporaneous police statement (PW3) raised a real and substantial doubt; because the prosecution failed to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt on re‑hearing, the conviction was unsafe and was quashed.
16 Apr 2024
After conducting a rehearing and viewing the CCTV, the court accepted the trial judge's credibility findings and concluded beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant intentionally kicked the officer and did not act in bona fide self-defence; conviction was therefore upheld.
29 Dec 2020
Trial judge properly accepted the credible, consistent lay evidence of two inspection officers and the careful sampling procedure observed by the appellant's representative, supported by expert findings of larvae and adults in the sample; the only reasonable inference is that live mosquito larvae were present at the time of collection, thus the prosecution proved the essential elements beyond reasonable doubt and the conviction is safe.