T, R v

[1] This is an application for leave to appeal out of time against convictions on 24�April 2015 on four counts of indecent assault, five counts of sexual assault, one count of gross indecency, one count of sexual assault on a child under 13 years, one count of sexual assault by penetration, thirteen counts of indecent assault on a female and four counts of sexual activity by an adult with a child under 14 years.

[2] The applicant was represented by Mr McKay QC and Mr Bernard and the prosecution by Mrs Dinsmore QC and Mr Steer.

[3] This case involved allegations of the historical sexual abuse of two females whose evidence was that they had as children been repeatedly abused by the applicant, a much older male relative. This judgment has been anonymised to protect the identities of the women concerned.

[4] The applicant was tried on a number of occasions but the first three trials had to be aborted. However, the fourth trial (�"the December trial�") resulted in verdicts, some of which were acquittals by direction of the trial judge while the remaining counts, apart from acquittals by the jury on two counts of alleged rape against the complainant D (�"D�"), resulted in disagreements by the jury.

The April trial accordingly proceeded thereafter without any reference to the December rape acquittals.