RISK OF JURY DRAWING DISCRIMINATORY INFERENCE REGARDING PROPENSITY TO ABUSE YOUNG BOYS

Where a defendant facing charges of sexual offences against young boys had denied being homosexual, but the prosecution had adduced evidence tending to show his homosexual disposition, there was a real risk that the jury might have drawn an inference that that evidence alone tended to show that he also had a propensity to abuse young boys. It was at least arguable that the judge should have warned the jury in strong terms not to draw such an inference.