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The Court of Appeal has upheld the majority of convictions against an individual for multiple sexual offenses against a child, including rape and sexual assault. The original trial in the High Court resulted in unanimous guilty verdicts on various counts. However, upon appeal, the Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction for one count of rape, substituting it with a verdict of attempted rape due to insufficient evidence for a full charge of rape. The appellant's argument that the trial was unsatisfactory and the verdicts unsafe was contingent on the success of the second ground of appeal, which failed. The court found that there was ample evidence to support the convictions on all other counts.
Court of Appeal, sexual offenses, rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, child complainant, family friend, digital penetration, unanimous conviction, High Court, Offences Against the Person Act 1861, Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981, Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, Sex Offenders Act 2001, Criminal Procedure Act 1993, directed acquittal, actus reus, prima facie case, substitution of verdict.
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