High-profile man accused of Toowoomba rape to find out if he can access alleged victim’s old phone data

Prosecutors to consider request from man's lawyer to access six months of data, despite pair not knowing each other until date of alleged offence

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Prosecutors in the case of a high-profile man accused of rape will decide within a week how much data from the alleged victim's mobile phone can be disclosed to the defence.

The crown had sought an explanation from the defence about its request for a data download and has now been provided with an answer.

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