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Questioning the admissibility and fairness of tendency evidence

Published July 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC

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Defense counsel for Alan Jones has consistently challenged the prosecution's case, maintaining that the allegations are either untrue or distort the reality of past interactions. Critics of the prosecution's strategy to introduce pattern evidence argue that it risks prejudicing the court against the defendant by focusing on character rather than the specific facts of each individual charge. There is a concern that grouping disparate accounts under a single narrative of 'targeting' could unfairly influence the magistrate's perception, potentially overshadowing the need for concrete, charge-specific evidence for each of the 22 counts.