NSW premier backs top prosecutor who says criticism of sexual assault cases is ‘preposterous’
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6K5AY)
Sally Dowling announced audit of all sexual assault cases after judicial concern over secret policies'
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The New South Wales premier has backed the state's top prosecutor after she said it was preposterous" to suggest sexual assault cases were being run that were doomed to fail.
The director of public prosecutions (DPP), Sally Dowling SC, on Wednesday revealed all sexual assault matters currently committed for trial would be audited by senior prosecutors.
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