Ross Ferguson Burns v The Queen - SC 81/2006

Criminal appeal – appeal against conviction – appellant convicted of indecent assault but acquitted of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection – whether there is an inconsistency between the verdicts such as to give rise to a substantial miscarriage of justice – whether admission of a child complainant’s evidence that altered in the course of successive evidential interviews gives rise to a substantial miscarriage of justice. CA 55/06 12 June 2006