11 Apr 2011
Convictions were unsafe because the evidence left open a realistic possibility of a lesser sexual assault and the trial judge failed to leave the alternative verdict of indecent assault; additionally the judge failed to give required directions on the independent probative use of evidence of distress, necessitating quashing of convictions and ordering a retrial.
29 May 1987
The Court held the original concurrent sentencing was manifestly inadequate because the five offences were not a single transaction; some sentences should run consecutively. Applying precedent and totality the appropriate aggregate would have been 12 years but, on review, the Court varied the sentences so that Count 2 commences 4 years after Count 1, producing an overall effective sentence of 10 years.
7 Dec 1982
The Court held that despite the appellant's youth, guilty plea and cooperation, the gravity of armed robbery involving firing a gun in a crowded area required upholding the total sentence of 16 years to ensure deterrence and public protection; thus no reduction of sentence was warranted.