Peter Mana McNamara v The Queen - SC 33/2006

Criminal – appeal against conviction – sexual offending – complainant protected by Evidence Act 1908, s 23A – complainant’ s credibility in issue – Crown Prosecutor addressed complainant’s sexual experience and reputation in submissions – defence unable to respond to those submissions without leave – whether the submissions breached the spirit and intent of s 23A – whether the trial Judge failed to adequately direct jury not to accept or to ignore the submissions CA 310/05  11 April 2006