Going to Court? Book Your Free First Appointment

Client Found Not Guilty of ‘Making a False Complaint’ and Police Ordered to Pay Legal Costs.

CRIMINAL CASE

Our client is a 20 year old teaching student who was charged with ‘making a false representation resulting in a police investigation’. She made a complaint of sexual assault against her short term partner, who was many years her senior.

After her initial complaint to police, she indicated that she did not want to attend court because she did not want to face the trauma of reliving the incident.

When she refused to give a further statement clarifying various matters, police formed the view that she was lying and charged her with making a false complaint.

The case ultimately proceeded to a defended hearing in Downing Centre Local Court, where our lawyers were able to establish that police had failed to adequately investigate her initial complaint – failing to follow up leads or to gather any forensic or other evidence from the incident scene. They further failed to make sufficient inquiries into her alleged false complaint.

The Magistrate remarked that there was insufficient evidence against our client and found her not guilty.

We then made an application for costs against police. His Honour found that the investigation was conducted in an unreasonable and improper manner, awarding full legal costs in our client’s favour.

What Our Clients Say SEE ALL

  • ★★★★★

    Extremely experienced and handle everything with great professionalism

    Lingwei Kong was extremely experienced and handle everything with great professionalism. He has been an…

  • ★★★★★

    Demonstrated a deep understanding of the law and a clear strategy for my defence

    I couldn't have asked for better legal representation than what I received from Ash today.…

  • ★★★★★

    Excellent advice from the initial consultation

    Rachel was very professional and provided me with excellent advice from the initial consultation through…

  • ★★★★★

    Very professional and knew exactly how to handle my case

    Ashoorina Anoya was very professional and knew exactly how to handle my case, she was…

Going to Court? Call For Your Free First Appointment

Main Menu

Follow Us

Ask Our AI Assistant

Disclaimer: Response is AI generated general advice only and should not be relied upon without consulting a lawyer.

Saved Articles & Pages

APPOINTMENT BOOKING FORM

Preferred date for conference
Briefly describe your situation:
Do you have a court date?

Your Review & Rating * mandatory fields

Review Text *
Rating (optional)