Legal Matter: Setting the Record Straight
Complete documentation of wrongful conviction, successful appeal, and acquittal
Important: Correcting Misleading Information
Internet articles contain factual inaccuracies about this case, including:
- False references to "sexual abuse" when there was NO sexual abuse
- Incorrect mention of "charges" (plural) when there was only ONE charge
- Downplaying the significance of exculpatory evidence
This page presents the documented facts from court records, official findings, and judicial statements.
Supreme Court of Appeal Finding
"The records strongly suggested that offence could not have been committed on 3 February 2012 in the manner the complainant described... They had the potential to significantly undermine the complainant's evidence."
— Supreme Court of Appeal, February 2017
District Court Judge Finding
"Now, it seems to me the real issue is the credibility of her evidence about how she recognised it was the accused. But given this other evidence that you've now indicated you wish to lead, it seems to me there is also an issue about whether the incident happened at all."
— District Court Judge, August 2017 (responding to further evidence disclosed by the DPP prosecutor)
The Facts Speak for Themselves
After 15 months of wrongful imprisonment, exculpatory evidence that should have been obtained by the original barrister led to a successful appeal on 4 winning grounds. At the retrial, the juryreturned a NOT GUILTY verdict in record time (approximately 30 minutes).
15
Months
Wrongfully imprisoned
4
Grounds
Successfully upheld
30
Minutes
Jury deliberation time for acquittal