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Cape York conviction overturned after appeal finds magistrate comments undermined fair trial

A Queensland District Court judge has overturned the conviction of an Indigenous man from a remote Cape York community, finding significant errors in the original hearing and concluding the trial process raised serious concerns about impartiality and procedural fairness. The man, Rex Austin Ngakyunkwokka, had been convicted in the Magistrates Court at Aurukun of a […]