27 Jun 2019
K (CA445/2018) v R [2019] NZCA 264
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 264
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The impugned relationship evidence was admissible as contextual and probative of complainant's behaviour and delay; trial counsel's decisions were within reasonable trial strategy and did not produce a real risk of miscarriage; omission of a specific direction did not render the verdict unsafe given the structure of the summing up and the direct focus on complainant's sexual allegations; therefore convictions were safe and appeal dismissed.