Hamra v The Queen

Criminal law – Offence of "[p]ersistent sexual exploitation of a child" – Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), s 50 – Where offence requires prosecution to prove two or more acts of sexual exploitation – Whether generalised nature of complainant's evidence meant that not possible to identify two or more acts of sexual exploitation – Whether no case to answer.

Criminal law – Permission to appeal – Where orders made included granting application for permission to appeal – Whether majority of Court of Criminal Appeal failed to consider question of permission to appeal.

Words and phrases – "acts of sexual exploitation", "distinct occasion", "distinct transaction", "double jeopardy", "extended unanimity", "no case to answer", "particularity", "particulars", "permission to appeal", "persistent sexual exploitation of a child".

Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) – s 50.