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Topic History of: Robert Hughes appeal Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
Yes called "similar evidence" in UK law, Hedda. Iniquitous. In my case the "similarities" included how I met people, how I played them all music and asked them all about music, and any "details" the "victims" happened to remember whilst being interviewed (coached) by the same police officers. I gather that's been changed since my trial 14 years ago. But when it came to the "acts" themselves (all imaginary) they were all totally different. Odd that.
Damning evidence of ingrained predatory behaviour - or unfair character assassination? That's the heart of the contentious legal strategy of introducing evidence of a pattern of incidents, or ''signature'' bad behaviour, that has been a feature of both the recent prosecution of Robert Hughes in Australia and the Rolf Harris trial in Britain, both on child sex offences.