Where a trial proceeded on the basis that different counts of criminal liability required separate consideration and there was a difference in the cogency of detail in the evidence on the different counts, a decision of the jury was not unlawful due to inconsistency where an offender was found guilty on a count of indecency with a child but acquitted on counts of rape.
CHILD SEX OFFENCES CONSISTENCY OF JURY VERDICTS CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE INCONSISTENT VERDICTS JURIES MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY SENTENCING STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE SUMMING UP SUSPENDED SENTENCES WITNESSES
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