RB v R [2026] NSWCCA 162

RB v R [2026] NSWCCA 162 concerned an application for leave to appeal against eight convictions for sexual intercourse without consent involving three teenage complainants. The sole ground was that the jury’s verdicts were unreasonable or unsupported by the evidence. Independently reviewing the whole record, the Court held that each complainant’s account was capable of acceptance. Consensual conduct on other occasions, affectionate messages, delayed complaints and continuing contact did not undermine the occasion-specific allegations. Near-contemporaneous communications and objective records supported aspects of the evidence, while the asserted alibis did not exclude the offences. Leave to appeal was granted, but the appeal was unanimously dismissed.