Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement:
1. There are prohibitions on the publication of matters directly or indirectly identifying the victims in these proceedings. Those prohibitions will be facilitated by the use of pseudonyms. The offender will also be referred to as "SD". SD's daughter, the victim of each offence will also be referred to as "GD".
2. On 17 February 2025, SD was called to trial on an indictment that contained 22 counts. Each count alleged an offence of sexual misconduct by him towards GD. The prosecution has framed its case by reference to ten alleged incidents. The ninth incident was said to be the basis for counts 18, 19 and 20. On 25 February 2025, a ver...