R v Bna

DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: R v BNA [2018] QDC 202 PARTIES: R v BNA (defendant) FILE NO/S: 1742/18 DIVISION: Criminal PROCEEDING: Trial – Judge-Alone ORIGINATING COURT: District Court DELIVERED ON: 10 October 2018 DELIVERED AT: Brisbane HEARING DATE: 24 September – 27 September 2018 JUDGE: Devereaux SC DCJ VERDICT: Guilty of each count. CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW – PARTICULAR OFFENCES – OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON – SEXUAL OFFENCES – trial by judge sitting without a jury – where the accused was charged with three counts of rape and one count of indecent treatment of a child under 16 – whether Crown has established proof beyond reasonable doubt. Criminal Code 1899 (Qld), ss 210(1)(a)(2), 349(1)(2)(a), 349(1)(2)(b). COUNSEL: A Braithwaite for the Crown J Crawford for the Defendant SOLICITORS: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) Legal Aid Queensland for the defendant The accused is charged as follows:         1. That on or about the third day of April, 2017 at [town] in the State of Queensland, he raped the complainant.   2. That on or about the third day of April, 2017 at [town] in the State of Queensland, he raped the complainant.   3. That on or about the third day of April, 2017 at [town] in the State of Queensland, he unlawfully and indecently dealt with the complainant, a child under 16 years.          4. That on or about the fourth day of April, 2017 at [town] in the State of Queensland, he raped the complainant. He has pleaded Not Guilty.  On...