Our client, a man in his 30s was charged with aggravated sexual penetration offences brought by the complainant, a female in her mid-20’s. Our client and his group were socialising at an establishment where the complainant was working and, after her shift, she invited our client along with two others back to her place for drinks. The group drank for a few hours, then the other two guests left, leaving our client with the complainant. The complainant claimed that as soon as they were left alone, our client violently raped her for about 30 minutes before leaving.
Our client was subsequently charged and after reviewing the evidence, we strongly advised him to plead not guilty to the allegations. At trial, we cross-examined the complainant extensively on many inconsistencies within her version of events and inconsistencies with other witnesses version of events, substantially undermining the reliability of her evidence. The jury took under two hours to deliver unanimous verdicts of not guilty after a 4 day trial.
