De Silva v The Queen [2013] VSCA 20

Facts: Defendant (D) was found guilty of 2 charges of sexual penetration of a child under 16 years old and 5 charges of indecent act with/in presence of a child under s 16 years old. D and the complainant (C) were both of Sri Lankan origin and of Catholic faith. D was a friend of C’s father. Expert evidence was given by a child psychiatrist, in an endeavour to explain why earlier interviews of the C in 2000 did not contain many of the serious allegations later levelled at D. 

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