Indecent Assault and successful contested hear...
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Written by
Shaun Pascoe
Criminal Defence Lawyer
Assaults / Violence Offences
A Case Study: Indecent Assault and successful contested hearing
Date: 01/09/2009
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The Name of the Offence
Indecent Assault
Place of the event
Broadmeadows
The court attended
Broadmeadows Magistrates Court
Acting Solicitor: Shaun Pascoe
Facts of the Case
Client a taxi driver. Allegedly committed an indecent assault. Client denied allegations. Case did not resolve at contest mention. A conviction or finding of guilt would have resulted in client losing his registration, and the collapse of a business he had been operating successfully for 15 years.
Results Achieved
Shaun demonstrated through calling character evidence on behalf of his client and drawing the court’s attention to various inconsistencies in the prosecution case, that the Magistrate could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt as to his client’s guilt. He secured an acquittal for his client. Further, Shaun successfully argued that the prosecution pay his client’s costs in the sum of $4080.
