R v Accused (CA 208/87) - [1988] 1 NZLR 573

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Severance — Accused faced charges relating to sexual offences on members of a group of children known to the accused — Accused sought severance of the counts — Whether the evidence pointed to a system of pattern of conduct — Whether there was a possibility of collaboration amongst the children — Whether severance should be granted — Crimes Act 1961, s 340.