Our client was charged with one offence of sexual touching and one offence of common assault. The prosecution alleged that our client sexually touched the complainant during a night out in Sydney amongst witnesses who allegedly saw the interaction.
After analysing a voluminous brief of evidence, we noticed that the prosecution failed to properly investigate the matter and that key pieces of evidence were not disclosed to the defence.
We wrote detailed representations to the prosecution highlighting their failure to investigate and present all evidence relevant to the criminal prosecution, namely evidence that was exculpatory for our client.
As a result of our analysis of the evidence and persuasive representations, both charges were withdrawn and dismissed prior to the defended hearing.
Our client was extremely pleased with the dedication we showed throughout the court proceedings and the result in having both charges withdrawn without the matter proceeding to a defended hearing.