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Court of Appeal Wellington
7 March; 9 April 1991
Casey, Thorp JJ and Sir Gordon Bisson
7 March; 9 April 1991
Casey, Thorp JJ and Sir Gordon Bisson
Criminal law — Offences — Defences — Incest — Conviction - 11 year delay between date of alleged offence and trial — Whether delay an abuse of the process — Whether delay amounted to miscarriage of justice — Crimes Act 1961, s 385(c).
Criminal law — Sentence — Incest when daughter aged 16 - Incest when daughter aged 24 - Relevance of age difference — Time of offences.