NR v R [2026] NSWCCA 126

NR v R [2026] NSWCCA 126 concerns an appeal against three convictions for historical sexual offences arising from an alleged 1986 incident involving a 14-year-old complainant. The principal issue was whether the trial judge’s interventions while NR gave evidence created a real danger of an unfair trial and a miscarriage of justice. The Court found three questions improperly probed NR’s memory or truthfulness, but their neutral tone, brevity, dispersal and peripheral subject matter meant no miscarriage occurred. It also rejected the contention that the verdicts were unreasonable after independently assessing the evidence. Leave was granted on both grounds, but the appeal was dismissed and the convictions remained in place.