Our client, who was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, has been found not guilty after the complainant was cross-examined and discredited on the stand, exposing her allegations as false and fabricated.

Our client, a 35-year-old man from Sydney, had met the complainant just three days prior on a dating app. The complainant had been spending time in his home in Bankstown, New South Wales.

Our client returned home from work to unexpectedly find the complainant still in his home and not returned to hers. Both parties then went to have dinner.

After dinner, the parties had an argument and the complainant expressed that she wanted to return to her residence in Ermington NSW (roughly 30 minutes away from Bankstown) and asked our client to take her. Our client, however, refused multiple times. Despite his response, the complainant proceeded to put on her shoes, preparing to leave. She later alleged that at this point, our client approached her and struck her on the chin with his elbow, causing injury to her face.

The complainant then says that even after she was allegedly assaulted by our client, our client proceeded to driver her home for 30 minutes and she in fact, got in the vehicle with him, even after being assaiulted by him.

During the drive home, after threats were made to our client from the complainant regarding paying her some money, our client decided to drive to a local police station with the complainant to report the matter and advise police he has been threatened and did not assault anybody.

Our client however, was subsequently charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and proceeded to a hearing. During cross-examination, the complainant's version was thoroughly discredited.Inconsistencies in her statements, contradictions in her account of the events and the lack of corroborating evidence ultimately revealed that the allegations were false and fabricated as her story made no sense and she could answer any questions properly.

Following the strong and strategic defence put forward by our team, the court found our client not guilty, ensuring that he did not face wrongful punishment for a crime he did not commit.

This outcome allowed our client to move on with his life without a criminal conviction, thanks to the detailed preparation and dedicated to the matter.