29 Nov 2016
M (CA401/2016) v R [2016] NZCA 562
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 562
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court held the proposed evidence was inadmissible under s37 because the alleged prior complaint against a different, younger non-family alleged perpetrator was materially dissimilar in nature, context and chronology, rested solely on the witness E, and involved only one alleged prior complaint not made to authority, so it was not substantially helpful to assess the complainant's veracity in relation to the charges against the appellant.