12 Aug 2022
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant raised no issue of principle, the arguments were case specific and factual, the agreed medical and counter-intuitive evidence were balanced and appropriately directed by the trial judge, and there was no real risk of miscarriage of justice.
6 Apr 2022
The medical material in the Agreed Facts was properly admitted because it neutralised the complainant's account of anal bleeding by providing an alternative medical explanation and recorded that the examination did not prove or disprove assault; the counterintuitive evidence was admissible and appropriately generic because it addressed live issues of delayed complaint and offending in proximity to others and was correctly directed to the jury as educative and neutral; no miscarriage of justice arose, appeal dismissed.
25 May 2021
The High Court found the trial Judge's credibility assessments and factual findings were open on the evidence and that identified procedural errors (assumption about nondisclosure of circumcision conversation; a directive intervention on delay questioning) did not create a real risk of miscarriage under s232; convictions were therefore upheld; sentencing (starting point 16 years, reduced to 14 years after discounts) was within the R v AM guideline range and not manifestly excessive and no MPI was required.