The main tasks of the defence barrister when cross examining a complaint is to persuade the jury that the complainant’s evidence is unreliable. In other words, the proposition put to the jury is that the jury cannot be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the complaint’s evidence is truthful. There are at least nine tell-tale
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Defending Historical Sex Offences
At Criminal Lawyers Perth we are receiving more and more calls from men charged with sexual assault. The charges are sometimes contemporary going back days, weeks or even months. We are however, experiencing an alarming increase in calls from men facing allegations going back decades. Anecdotally, the rate of historical allegations of sexualassault seem to
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Luis Rubiales Criminal Complaint
Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation is in trouble. In so much trouble in fact he has had to resign his position and a criminal complaint of sexual assault and an act of coercion under the Spain’s Criminal Code 2016 has been filed with Spanish police. Why? He kissed Jenni Hermosa on
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Russell Brand Assault Allegations
Russell Brand has been accused of assaulting women. The alleged assaults are said to have occurred between 2006 and 2013. Complaints have been made to London Police and a criminal investigation likely to ensue. In just a matter of days his career stands shattered. His agent has dropped him. Promoters have cancelled his Stand-Up Talk
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Kerobokan Prison In Bali
School Sexting
Recent reports (The West Australian, Saturday 12 August 2023) of a rise in sex texts being exchanged at across Western Australian schools comes as no surprise. We at Criminal Lawyers Perth receive several calls a month from worried parents, mostly with sons, distressed that their sons have received explicit images from 11 to – 15
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Think Before Using Emojis
The use of Emojis in e-communications has been steadily growing since 1997. Emoji’s are fun playful inserts into text messages such as the 👍 & 😈 or 😝. However, emoji’s have found legal recognition. A Canadian court found that the thumbs-up emoji 👍 between two contracting parties amounted to a signature thereby, bringing the contract
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Singaporean Drug Trafficker Executed
On Thursday 28 July 2023 authorities in Singapore executed by hanging 45 year old ethnic Tamil citizen Saridewi Binte Djamani. Ms Djamani was convicted after trial and sentenced to death for trafficking 30.72 grams of heroin. On Appeal Ms Djamani relied on the defence of consumption and that the heroin was for her own personal
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Right To Silence
Over the school holidays WA Police appear to have received additional budget to get out on the streets and apprehend person of interest (suspects) in potential criminal proceedings. We have been inundated by telephone calls from individuals about to undergo a suspect interview at a police station wanting legal advice. When we get the call
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Banksia Prison – Youth Justice For All
Supreme Court Justice Tottle published reasons that found the lockdown of at least three Indigenous youths at Banksia Hill was unlawful. This has been an ongoing problem for the prison system, parents of incarcerated youths and politicians for many years. In response, public opinion is vocal: “Do the Crime do the Time,” and “what about
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