Best v R - [2017] 1 NZLR 186

Evidence — Veracity — Complainant in sexual case — Evidence of previous complaint against another man not proceeded with — Whether evidence of prior complaint admissible — Whether evidence admissible that prior complaint false — Whether previous sexual experience provisions applied to evidence of veracity — Whether evidence of prior complaint admissible to show knowledge of investigative procedure to support allegation of manufacturing evidence — Evidence Act 2006, ss 37 and 44.