R v Narain (No 2) - [1988] 1 NZLR 593

Criminal law — Practice and procedure — Severance — Similar fact evidence — Accused faced eight charges of kidnapping and sought severance of counts — Whether evidence showed a system or pattern — Whether there was a risk of concoction or collaboration among the witnesses which justified withholding the similar fact evidence from the jury — Whether counts should be severed — Crimes Act 1961, s 340.