R v Allan Cameron - [2020] NSWDC 444

District Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Allan Cameron [2020] NSWDC 444
Hearing dates: 12/2/20 – 14/2/20; 17/2/20 – 2-/2/20; 24/2/20 – 28/2/20; 2/320 – 4/3/20; 9/3/20 – 11/3/20; 16/3/20 – 17/3/20; 23/3/20 – 27/3/20; 30/3/20 – 3/4/20
Date of orders: 1 May 2020
Decision date: 01 May 2020
Jurisdiction: Criminal
Before: Gartelmann SC DCJ
Decision:
Guilty of Counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19
Not guilty of Counts 8, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26

Catchwords:
Judge alone trial – Alleged offences of indecent and sexual assault – Procure for prostitution

Legislation Cited:
Crimes Act 1900

Category: Principal judgment
Parties: Regina (Crown)
Allan Cameron (Accused)
Representation:
Counsel:
P Marr (Crown Prosecutor)
J O’Sullivan (Accused)
Solicitors:
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown)
O’Brien Winter Partners (Accused)

File Number(s): 2017/215084
Publication restriction: Publication of any matter which identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of any complainant in these proceedings is prohibited: s 578A(2) Crimes Act 1900.

Judgment

Introduction

The Crown presented on 12 February 2020 an indictment containing 26 counts for offences against 11 complainants. The accused pleaded not guilty to them all.
The trial proceeded without a jury as the accused had elected and the Crown had agreed.
The accused was found not guilty on Counts 6 and 22 at the close of the Crown case. This judgment addresses the remaining counts.

Directions

First, the principles of law applied in it should be stated.
The Crown must prove the accused’s guilt. The defence need prove nothing. The accused remains presumed innocent unless the Crown proves his guilt. Guilt must be proven beyond reasonable doubt. It is not enough that it is proven more likely than not. But only facts constituting elements of the offences must be proven to this standard.
Inferences can be drawn from facts of which there is direct evidence. But care is required, as the standard of proof is high. Inferences should be examined to ensure they are justified and that no others exist.
Verdicts may be mixed if the evidence requires it, but not as a compromise. The accused cannot be found guilty on any count unless that offence is proven.
Where the Crown relies on a complainant’s evidence to prove several counts, a reasonable doubt on one arising from its unreliability must be considered in deciding others.
The accused and a complainant only were present when most offences are alleged to have occurred. But it is not a matter of choice between them as the Crown relies on her evidence to prove the offence. The accused cannot be convicted if her evidence leaves a reasonable doubt and he must be acquitted if his leaves one.
Any witness’s evidence may be accepted or rejected in whole or part with good reason. Their demeanour can be taken into account but care is required as it may not always reliably indicate their credibility.
Some complainants gave evidence via CCTV with a support person. Legislation provides for this in cases of this kind. No inference can be drawn from it. Their evidence should be treated the same as other witnesses.
Complaint evidence can add to that of a complainant and support the Crown case. Consistency between the complaint and the allegation, and the complainant’s demeanour at the time may be taken into account. Complaint evidence can also support a complainant’s credibility. Consistency between the complainant’s conduct in the circumstances and the allegation may be taken into account.
Delay in complaint does not demonstrate unreliability. A sexual offence victim may have good reason for it.
Differences in complainants’ accounts may be relevant in considering their truthfulness and reliability. But experience shows people sometimes do not remember all details of sexual offences or describe them in the same way each time, and trauma may affect people differently, including as to how they recall events. Differences in accounts of sexual offences are common whether they are truthful or not. It is for me to decide whether such differences are important in assessing the truthfulness and reliability of a complainant’s account in all the circumstances.
Complainants gave evidence of events not the subject of counts. The Crown relied on this evidence to put their evidence on counts into context, as it explained that those incidents did not occur suddenly without anything to precede them, their conduct at the time, and why some did not complain about it soon afterwards. This evidence can only be used in this way. It cannot be used as showing the accused is the kind of person to commit such offences or is more likely to have done as alleged. It cannot be substituted for evidence on a count. And he cannot be found guilty on any count to punish him for it.
The Crown alleges the accused had two pairs of tendencies, each being to have a particular state of mind and to act on it in a particular way. The first is to have a desire to engage in sexual contact with female models and to act on it by taking advantage in photo sessions to engage in sexual conduct with them. The second is to have a desire to exploit models during photo sessions for his own sexual gratification and to act on it by taking advantage of photo sessions to have sexual contact with them during photo sessions.
The evidence on all counts may be used to prove he had these tendencies. And these may then be used in proving all other counts. But a complainant’s evidence can only be used in this way in proving counts concerning another complainant.
The evidence on any count need not prove these tendencies beyond reasonable doubt before it is used in proving another count. But it cannot be used in proving another count except insofar as it proves these tendencies. And the evidence on one count cannot be substituted for that on another. Nor can it be used as showing general bad character.
The Crown also relies on evidence on certain pairs of counts together to prove the accused had a particular state of mind and did a particular act. It relies on the evidence of NS on Count 12 and EP on Count 26 together to prove he wanted the complainants to perform fellatio on him and that he instructed them to kneel and wear a face mask, photographed them in that position, approached them, pulled down his pants, exposed his penis and put his penis in their hand. It relies on the evidence of NW on Count 2 and TM on Count 14 together to prove he wanted the complainants to sit on his lap and that he told them to come and see the photos he took, told them not to get dressed, sat at the computer and accessed the photos, pulled them down onto his lap and showed them the photos. It relies on the evidence of SF on Count 1 and EP on Count 22 together to prove he wanted to touch the complainants’ nipples and that he removed their bras, approached them and pinched their nipples.
The evidence on these counts can be used together in this way but only if it shows the similarities in the complainants’ accounts are such that the explanation is unlikely to be coincidence and rather that the accused had the state of mind and did the act alleged with both. If it does not, it cannot be used together and that of each complainant must be considered alone. Even if it does, each complainant’s evidence must be reliable before the count concerning her may be proven.
The Crown must prove beyond reasonable doubt all the elements of each offence. Although the defence case was that the accused did not do the acts alleged, the Crown must still prove it was without consent and the accused knew it.
Counts 1 to 5, 7, 12, 15, 16, 18 to 21, 23, 25 and 26 are offences of indecent assault. Their elements are that: the accused assaulted the complainant; without her consent; knowing it was without her consent; and committed an indecent act at the time. An assault is a deliberate and unlawful touch. It need not be hostile or aggressive, or cause fear or pain. Consent is conscious and voluntary permission. It can be indicated through words or conduct. Knowledge of non-consent can be actual or reckless. Recklessness here means considering the possibility of non-consent and proceeding regardless. This concerns the state of mind of the accused and not someone in his position, but it may be inferred from the facts and circumstances. Indecent means contrary to ordinary standards of respectable people in the community. All the circumstances should be taken into account in considering this. A sexual connotation or overtone is required. It may arise from touching another in or with a particular part of the body. The indecent act must occur at the time of the assault but the same act can constitute both.
Counts 9 to 11, 13, 14, 17 and 24 are offences of sexual intercourse without consent. Their elements are that: the accused had sexual intercourse with the complainant; without her consent; and knowing she did not consent. Sexual intercourse relevantly means cunnilingus or sexual connection occasioned by penetration to any extent of the genitalia of a female person by any part of the body of another. Consent means free and voluntary agreement. Persuasion does not negate it provided it is free and voluntary. It can be indicated through words or conduct, but mere failure to resist does not demonstrate consent. Knowledge of non-consent can be actual or reckless. Recklessness here means considering the possibility of non-consent and proceeding regardless. This concerns the state of mind of the accused not someone in his position but it can be inferred from facts and circumstances.
Count 8 is unique. It is an offence of procure for prostitution. Its elements are that: the accused procured a person; not being a prostitute; for purposes of prostitution. To procure means here to persuade, cause or obtain someone to do something. It does not matter if that person consents to it or not. A person is not a prostitute if the person is not engaged in prostitution. Prostitution means the business or practice of engaging in sex for payment. The accused’s purpose concerns his state of mind not that of someone in his position. But this may be inferred from facts and circumstances.
The Crown alleges the accused lied as he was conscious of his guilt. A statement is only a lie if it is made knowing it is untrue and not because of mistake, confusion or misremembering. Lies can be told for reasons other than guilt. It can only be evidence of guilt if the lie was told to avoid implication in the specific alleged offence.
The accused declined to answer police questions once cautioned. He exercised his right to silence in doing so. No inference against him can be drawn because of it. It is no admission of guilt and cannot be used against him in any way.
The accused made statements to police during a search. But he need not prove they are true. The Crown must prove his account is not reasonably possibly true.
The accused also gave evidence in the trial. It is to be treated the same as that of witnesses in the Crown case. But the defence need not prove it is true. The Crown must prove there is no reasonable possibility it is true.

Cases

The parties’ cases may be summarised as follows.
The Crown case was that the accused carried on a business or practice as a photographer at all relevant times. He used a studio he set up in a shed at the rear of his home. The complainants were or were aspiring to be models. Many wanted photos for their portfolios. In an arrangement known as ‘time for print’, the accused often took photos of complainants without payment. The complainants went to his studio and sometimes other places for photo shoots with him.
The Crown alleges the accused suggested complainants remove their clothing and took photos of their breasts and genitals and committed various indecent or sexual acts with or towards them, and in one case, paid the complainant to have sex with him.
A complainant reported offences against her to police on 27 June 2017. Police searched the accused’s home that day and seized his camera, memory card, computer and hard drive, on which they found images of the complainants taken on the occasion of each alleged offence as well as others.^[1] Police identified some complainants from these images while others contacted police following news of the accused’s arrest.
1. Ex A
The defence admitted the accused was a photographer at all relevant times, that he took photos of the complainants on the occasions alleged, and that he had taken the photos that were stored on devices police seized. ^[2] The defence disputed that the accused committed the alleged indecent or sexual acts with the complainants and in one case that he paid a complainant to have sex with him. The defence case was the accused never had sexual contact with any complainant except once and it was at her instigation. The defence contended complainants would not have continued to have contact with the accused, as many did, if the accused had done the acts alleged.
2. Ex 1
In summary, the essential issue on every count is whether the accused did the act alleged, though it remains necessary also for the Crown to prove all the other elements of each alleged offence.

Evidence

I turn now to summarise the evidence on each count.
Count 1 concerns SF. She had attended a shoot with the accused before it allegedly occurred on 8 June 2011. She gave evidence that she attended his studio for a ‘boudoir’ style photoshoot.^[3] She said it progressed from lingerie to “implied nudes” with a sheet. She said it was his suggestion but she was happy to do it.^[4]
3. T233.45-47; T234.1-3
4. T235.6-20
She said he suggested her nipples should be stiff to be visible through the sheet. She said she understood his ‘vision’ and so pinched her own nipples.^[5] She said he then approached her and pinched both of her nipples with both hands, using his thumbs and pointer fingers at once.^[6] She said it only lasted a couple of seconds but caused her pain.^[7] She did not expect, ask, or want him to do it.^[8]
5. T236.15-31
6. T235.37-50
7. T236.5-9
8. T236.36-44
The accused denied pinching her nipples.^[9] He said he did not remember the shoot but knew he had not, as she had confided in him about an incident in another shoot, and she would not have done so if he had.^[10] He denied any interest in her having erect nipples. He said in his view there was no artistic benefit to her nipples protruding through the sheet.^[11] He denied touching her without warning for his own purposes.^[12]
9. T898.11 – 20
10. T1002.6-12
11. T1002.14-46
12. T1002.48-1003.4
She attended two more shoots with him in public but secluded locations.^[13] She agreed that in response to a Facebook message from him in April 2013, she suggested they catch up and told him she loved working with him. Asked if that were true, she said it was complicated. She said she did like doing shoots and did not have to confidence to shoot with another photographer. She knew he already had sensitive images of her and the arrangement was that she did not have to pay, so she continued the relationship.^[14] She said at times she was comfortable and others not. She chose public locations.^[15] She said after the Redhead shoot she decided only to go if her partner was present.^[16] Asked why she did not stop dealing with him after the June 2011 shoot, she said she was inexperienced and naïve. She said she thought it was the nature of the industry and she had to put up with it.^[17]
13. T272.1-25
14. T217.10-34
15. T278.16-30
16. T279.12-24
17. T277.50-278.6
After a shoot at Redhead beach in November 2014, she told her partner how she felt about shooting with him. She said she may have told her partner about the accused touching her breasts in this context, but she did not say he did so that day.^[18] Her partner gave evidence that after the Redhead beach shoot she said, “she felt a little scared” as the accused was “a little touchy feely”. He said she did not specify when she was talking about and he did not ask.^[19] Asked whether his police statement conveyed she told him it happened the day of the Redhead shoot, he said she told him that day but did not specify when it happened, and it was not necessarily that day.^[20] He said she later said she wanted to go to police as he had touched her on the breasts and it was not right.^[21]
18. T269.22-42
19. T291.3-12
20. T294.45-296.31
21. T291.26-35
Counts 2 to 4 concern NW. She attended two shoots with the accused before Count 2 allegedly occurred on 17 June 2011, and another four before Counts 3 and 4 allegedly occurred on 6 August 2013.
She gave evidence that during the 17 June 2011 shoot, nude photos including some of her genitals were taken. She said differing accounts as to whether he pushed or asked her to put her head down.^[22] She said she was “a bit embarrassed” at one photo so the accused loaded it onto his computer to show her and assured her he could edit it. She said she would get dressed but he insisted she quickly take a look. She said he turned in his chair and pulled her into his lap with his hands on her hips. She said he told her, “Oh, you’ve got a pretty vagina. See, look how pretty it is”.
22. T130; T135
The accused denied in evidence that he pulled her onto his lap and that he told her she had a pretty vagina. He claimed he did not use the word “vagina”. He conceded he may have said, “you’ve got pretty girly bits” but added he could not imagine why in this context. He said it would have taken 15 to 20 minutes to upload the photographs to his computer and he agreed it may have been possible to upload individual photos but said it was not his “workflow”. Asked why he took close up photographs of her genitals, he said:

“I probably look at them in a different way than most people would. In that I'll look at the curve of something and the fall of something and all the rest of it. Not, oh my God, oh my God, it's a girly bit. To be honest, it's more a case of, there's going to be more Photoshop involved in making that kind of image perfect than any other image, so it's not an image that I'd be great at. I've seen images that are amazing, but I'll never take one of them. I'm not that good.”^[23]
23. T895.13-20

She gave evidence that she had had a breast augmentation before the next shoot on 6 August 2013. She said he kept asking to film her breasts. She said at one stage she grabbed both “boobs” and played with them. She was not wearing clothes at the time.^[24] She said she was sitting but could not remember where or if it was in an inflatable pool.^[25] She did not want, expect or agree for him to touch her breasts.^[26] She said he did not ask and “just did it.”^[27]
24. T144.28-29
25. T145.33-37
26. T146
27. T144.10-12
The accused gave evidence that he did not touch her breasts on that day or at all.^[28] He denied a suggestion that he took advantage of it being the first time he had seen her alone since the breast augmentation to feel her breasts. He said he did not believe they discussed taking photos of her new breasts.^[29]
28. T892.40 – 893.5
29. T986.45-987.34
She gave evidence that later in the shoot he touched her vagina. She said she was lying in a small inflatable pool filled with plastic balls with her knees were bent up and legs spread outwards.^[30] She said she flinched and moved away. She said she told him to stop and he did.^[31] She said she did not expect him to touch her vagina, or want it, or agree to it.^[32]
30. T145.6-14
31. T145.45-50
32. T146
She said she could not recall what he did with his camera at this time, as sometimes he wore it around his neck, but she was fairly sure he had put it down, as he was trying to get her to move position.^[33]
33. T145.28-31
The accused gave evidence that he “definitely” did not touch her genitals.^[34] He said he did not use a camera strap. He agreed he owned one but said he hated them “with a passion”.^[35] Asked why he took photos of her bottom and genitals^[36], he said he had “no idea” but that he:
34. T893.7-13
35. T893.43-49
36. Ex A 6.08.13 #223-229

“…had a loose plan to put 100 of those kinds of images or bum photos together in a photo, but that one wouldn't have been suitable in the end unless I ‘barbied’ it”.^[37]
37. T987.36-988.49

He agreed he had not discussed his plan with any of his models.
She agreed she had contact with him afterwards. She said she did not know what he did in Count 2 was wrong, or understand indecent assault at the time, and he did not charge, unlike other photographers.^[38] She asked him about wedding package prices in a Facebook message in April 2014, but ultimately she organised another photographer.^[39] She asked him to do and offered to pay for a shoot with her younger sister in a message on 31 July 2016. She said she did not trust other photographers and trusted him, although he had touched her vagina and breasts.^[40]
38. T199.20
39. T169.49-170.33
40. T170.43-171.46
She said she told a friend that the accused had done “stuff” that had made me feel uncomfortable and that she would not be returning to him but did not go into detail. She could not remember when she made this complaint.^[41] She confirmed she told her friend he pulled her onto his lap when she was naked.^[42] She also told her ex-partner about the accused. She could not remember when she made this complaint either, but they were still together at the time. She did not tell him details but just that “things” had happened.^[43] She agreed she told both her friend and her then partner that the accused made her sit in his lap while naked, but not that he touched her breasts and vagina. She said being touched on the vagina and breasts was degrading and made her feel disgusting, and she didn’t want to think about it. She agreed that being pulled into his lap whilst naked was also degrading, but said it was very different to someone touching her genitals.^[44]
41. T156.24-37
42. T173.-5-14
43. T156.39-50
44. T172.33-173.34
Her friend gave evidence that NW told her in a Facebook message the accused pulled her onto his lap when she was naked.^[45] She said they may have discussed it over the phone or in person too but not much more than in the messages. She said she could not remember if the message or conversation was first but the message was sent the day before she gave her statement on 9 November 2017. ^[46] Her ex-partner gave evidence that a few weeks before he gave his statement in November 2017 he saw on the news that a Gateshead photographer had been charged. The bulletin did not name the accused and they spoke about who it might be. He said NW told him the accused had pulled her onto his lap and it had made her feel a “bit uneasy”.^[47] He said they separated in 2015.^[48]
45. T211.17-31
46. T209.21-36
47. T204.17-50
48. T205.21-22
Counts 5, 7 and 8 concern TC. She attended many shoots with the accused over several years before Counts 5 and 7 allegedly occurred on 16 April 2012, and Count 8 between 23 May 2012 and 21 June 2012.
TC gave evidence that when she arrived at his studio on 16 April 2012, he gave her a cuddle and squeezed “both bum cheeks with both hands”. She said he told her, “I’ve missed you; you’ve still got a nice bum”.^[49] She said she was not ready for it and did not expect it.^[50]
49. T356-360
50. T418.26-28
The accused ultimately “categorically denied” in evidence that he squeezed her “bum”. He agreed he did not have a specific recollection of the event but said it would have been “out of character” for him. ^[51] He conceded he often hugged her. He agreed that he would have missed her and it was possible he told her so. He agreed that he considered she had a nice bum but denied he would have said so straightaway.^[52]
51. T942.35-943.8
52. T964.16-965.24
She said he was shooting photos of her nude towards the end of this shoot. She said he touched her thigh first then touched the outside of her vagina with his right hand fingers. She said there was no penetration as she pulled away before it went further.^[53] She said she got up and got dressed and he walked back to his computer.^[54] She said she did not expect it, want it, or ask him to do it.^[55]
53. T357.36-358.26
54. T360.17-24
55. T360.4-13
The accused disagreed that he had touched her genitals and said he did not “believe” he had ever done that.^[56] He said he thought he would have taken photos of her genitals at times.^[57] But he denied any sexual purpose for taking such photos.^[58]
56. T967.36
57. T901.43-902.8
58. T955.
She said she went to his house on 23 May 2012, as they were going to drive to a nearby location for an outdoor shoot. She said he gave her a cuddle when she arrived. She said he pulled out his wallet with $300 in it and asked if he could touch her again. She said she agreed, as she needed money at the time.^[59]
59. T361.44-362.26
She said she asked for a blindfold and he gave her one and she put it on. She said she got undressed and lay on the studio floor. She said she heard him approach then felt him push her legs apart with both hands on the inside. She said he inserted his fingers into her vagina then pulled out. She said he then performed oral sex on her for about 20 seconds before she pulled away and got up saying, “That’s enough”.^[60] She said it was the first time anyone had given her money for sex.^[61]
60. T362.48-363.4
61. T364.12-23
She gave police her diaries from 2010 to 2017.^[62] She recorded “$300 from Allan” in her 2012 diary in connection with this shoot.^[63] She denied a suggestion he only ever gave her money to fix her car. She said her car accidents were in July 2011 and December 2012, when there were no records in her diaries of payments from him.^[64]
62. T347
63. T348.16-35
64. T432
She said he offered her $400 to $450 dollars at the end of their next shoot on 20 June 2012. She said she agreed as he had not hurt her, no-one had found out, and she needed money at the time.^[65] She agreed her diary did not record this payment but denied this was because he did not give it to her. She said she could have written the entry about the shoot before she went to it, as she sometimes did.^[66]
65. T427.25-29
66. T432.7-27
She said she asked for a blindfold again. She said he digitally penetrated her and performed oral sex on her. She said he then grabbed both her legs and pulled her towards him, and she felt his penis inside. She said she pulled away but he put her hand on his penis and asked her to “finish him off”. She said he moved her hand a couple of times on his penis until he ejaculated on the floor. She denied a suggestion apparent blood on her leg in a photo was menstrual as she was not menstruating at the time.^[67]
67. T419.37-420.9
The accused gave evidence that he never gave her money to touch her in a sexual way. He said they did share a bed with her four times at “shootouts”.^[68] He said he gave her $400 once to help her repair her car after an accident but he could not remember when. He later said he had since worked out this was earlier than he had thought. He said he knew she had financial difficulties but tried to help with job links.^[69] He said he was broke when she said he gave her money.^[70] He agreed he referred in their messages to spending thousands of dollars to repair his car and paying for a rental for a shootout. He said “every cent” he could find went to the car and the model shootout did not happen as he could not afford it.^[71] He agreed he told her he trusted her two days before the shoot and trusted that what they spoke about would stay between them.^[72] He agreed he liked her but denied he had “feelings” for her.^[73]
68. T905.14-38
69. T906.5-18
70. T902-903
71. See Ex D pages 165; 167; T975.49-979.23
72. Ex D p 177; T979.32-38
73. T979.24-34
She continued to have contact with him after the alleged offences. She exchanged Facebook messages with him and arranged further shoots. She arranged another shoot with him the day after Count 7.^[74] She invited him to attend her 21^st birthday celebration. She acknowledged that she treated him like a friend and felt comfortable shooting with him.^[75]
74. Ex D p 127
75. T410; T462
Counts 9 to 12 concern NS. It was her first shoot with the accused when they allegedly occurred on 15 May 2013.
She gave evidence that when they arrived at the studio he locked the door and told her “now strip”. She said she responded “oh okay” with a “puzzled face”. She said he said “we’ll start with no clothes on, and work our way up to being clothed, so you’re ready to walk out”. She said she got undressed and he gave her a black satin sheet to cover herself.^[76] She said he took photos of her with the sheet before he asked her to lower it to expose her breasts, and then to drop it.^[77]
76. T555.1-39
77. T556.15-50
She said he asked her to pose on all fours.^[78] She said he then “went down on her”. She said she was lying on her back at the time.^[79] She said his tongue was on her vagina for a few minutes.^[80] She said there were “two sections” to this: first when he was just licking; and second, when his fingers were penetrating.^[81] She agreed she did not tell him to stop.^[82] She denied a suggestion he was occupied changing a lightbulb during this time.^[83]
78. T564.39-565.14; T557.4-18
79. T565.9-11
80. T557.20-47
81. T560.7-9
82. T584.26-31
83. T583.3-40
The accused denied in evidence that he licked her vagina.^[84] He agreed the strobe must have fired as there was enough light to take photos during this part of the shoot.^[85] He agreed he did not know when he changed the strobe. He denied a suggestion that he made up that he had to change the strobe to “cover off” the period between photos. He said he did not realise there was a gap when he first asked in evidence about changing the strobe. When asked whether he realised there was a gap when the complainant was shown the photos, he said, “I don’t know how to answer that”. He maintained he did not know what happened in the period of six minutes.^[86] He denied any sexual purpose for taking a close-up photo of her genitals when she was on all fours. He said he had no idea why he took it as it was not a great shot and would not have made his “collage for bum shots”.^[87]
84. T1026.11-1027.30
85. T1023.40-1024.14
86. T1026.11-1027.30
87. T1024-1025
She said he then “opened up” her vagina with “two thumbs either side” and then inserted his index finger and middle finger into her vagina.^[88] She said she asked what he was doing and whether it was normal. She said he told her it was, and that he did it with all his shoots^[89], “to make it wet and look nice for the photos”.^[90]
88. T558.29-43
89. T558.45-47
90. T559.7-8
The accused denied in evidence that he had put his fingers inside her vagina.^[91]
91. T1026.11-1027.30
She said later in the shoot he gave her a blindfold he retrieved from a room just outside the studio.^[92] She said he told her he had a surprise for her and she asked what it was. She said he told her to open her mouth and put her hand out. She said she put out her hand and he put his erect penis in it. She said she lifted the blindfold and asked what he was doing, but he did not respond.^[93] She said these events occurred at about the time photos were taken depicting her kneeling blindfolded. ^[94] She denied these photos were taken from a stepladder.^[95]
92. T559.18
93. T559.18-37
94. T568.44-569.14
95. T582.40-43
The accused denied in evidence that he told her he had a surprise for her, that he told her to open her mouth and hold out her hand, and that he put his penis in it.^[96] He said in the 11 minute period between photos depicting her kneeling blindfolded and photos depicting her in a Playboy bunny suit she got changed, but he did not think he did anything else, such as change strobes.^[97]
96. T911.4-18
97. Ex A 15.05.13 #393-4; T1031
She agreed she continued to exchange messages with him on Facebook until June 2017.^[98] She agreed she attended another shoot with him in November 2014 for maternity photos with her partner.^[99] She agreed that she had requested more shoots with the accused over the years, including a shoot in the studio, the same place that she had been sexually assaulted.^[100] She did not remember asking the accused for a naked photograph himself on Facebook messenger sometime after 2 February 2017.^[101] She never received a naked photograph of the accused.^[102]
98. Ex J; Ex K
99. T575.4-20
100. T584.40-587.34
101. T591.50-592.9
102. T592.10-17
Counts 13 and 14 concern TM. She attended several shoots with the accused before they allegedly occurred on 22 November 2015.
She gave evidence that she was alone with him in his studio. She said he took photos of her naked. She said when she was bent over a pink stool facing the backdrop. She said she heard him walking on the studio floor. She said she then felt him touch her clitoris. She said she sat up and said, “Excuse me, no, that is not okay”. She said he laughed it off and said, “I would never fuck you, I’d have a heart attack.” She identified photos taken before and after this event.^[103] She said during the period of about two minutes between them he got a doona from the lounge and put it on the floor. She said she did not expect, want or ask him to do it.^[104]
103. Ex A 22.11.15 #249, 250
104. T671.34-41
The accused denied in evidence that he touched her vagina or clitoris.^[105] He denied telling her, “I would never fuck you, I’d have a heart attack” but agreed he may have said something about her causing him to have a heart attack, that he was conscious of his heart health as he had had a cardiac episode, and that physical exertion may be bad for his heart.^[106] He said in the two minute period between photos he removed the stool, got the doona and laid it on the floor. He said he was “99.5 certain” he went to another room to get the doona.^[107] He said he doubted the doona was in the studio as he could see no reason for it to be but he could not categorically deny it as he did not have a memory of retrieving it.^[108] He accepted a photo taken 40 minutes beforehand showed her lying on the same doona.^[109] He then said he must have gone and got it before. He denied he had said he got it in the two minute period to “cover” it.^[110] He agreed it was probably his idea she was bent over the stool naked. He said of the photos he took of her genitals in that position:
105. T915.1-26
106. T1045.22-1046.24
107. T1048.23-45
108. T915.31-916.7
109. Ex A 22.11.15 #154
110. Find ref.

“Not my proudest moment. I could, so I did, I suppose is the best description. It was there to take a photo of, so I did. But also it wasn't what I expected the photo to be and had I said something straight up, it probably would have embarrassed her so it was probably easier to just take a few photos and then move on.”

She said she got dressed at the end of the shoot. She said he asked if she wanted to see the photos he had taken on the computer. She said she told him she did not have much time. She said she was leaning against the back of the lounge in front of the computer. She said he pulled her onto his lap by the hips. She said he put his hand down her pants and underwear, and touched her clitoris again. She said she pushed his hand away.^[111]
111. T672.5-18
The accused denied he rubbed her clitoris while she was on his lap and that she was ever on his lap at all.^[112] He said he did not remember if he uploaded the photos after the shoot that day. He said she liked to stay and look at the photos when she had time.
112. T917.22-50; T1051.9-27
She agreed she continued to have contact with him and arrange more shoots after the alleged offences, and that she attended another shoot with him in December 2016 at Dudley Beach involving nude photos.^[113] She denied she did so because he had not sexually assaulted her.^[114]
113. T691.11-34
114. T715.1-716.22
Counts 15 and 16 concern JW. It was her first shoot with the accused when it allegedly occurred on 15 July 2016.
She gave evidence that she was wearing a bikini and he was making comments about her appearance. She said that her back was facing the road when he pushed her up against the front of the car so she could not get out. She said she felt his erect penis on her buttocks for about 10 to 15 seconds.^[115] She identified photographs taken at about the time.^[116] She agreed she was probably standing on a platform as she was short. She denied it would have been physically possible for him to do as she said in this position.^[117]
115. T478.11-49
116. Ex F, p 24
117. T490.21-23
The accused denied in evidence that he rubbed his crotch on her bottom. He said he believed it would have been physically impossible because of his build.^[118]
118. T908.26-36
She said towards the end of the shoot, she was posed in a position over the car’s tow ball with the words “eat me” on its cover between her legs. She said he then said, “I’ll eat that”.^[119] She said he squeezed her against the car’s boot. She said she felt his erect penis against her buttocks for about 20 seconds.^[120] She said she did not expect, or want or ask him to do either act.^[121]
119. T490.1-23
120. T479.22-40
121. T482.33-44
She said she was upset and not happy afterwards but was still smiling in the photos, as it was her job.^[122] She agreed a smile in a photo she said was taken about 10 minutes after the second act was genuine, as she was laughing. She denied she was laughing because she had not been indecently assaulted.^[123]
122. T491.17-492.29
123. T492.31-50
The accused denied in evidence he rubbed his crotch against her bottom.^[124] He denied he thought it would be “a bit of fun” or a joke.^[125] He agreed he tried to get her to move down lower towards the tow ball but “probably not” to make it appear it was entering her. He agreed it was possible he said, “I’d like to eat that” as a “bad joke”.^[126]
124. T908.26-36
125. T1005.47-1006.18
126. T1005.11-39
The car owner gave evidence that he was present for the entire shoot. He said he did not recall seeing the accused approach her from behind and touch her.^[127] He said he recalled the accused saying “sleazy stuff” towards her but could not recall his words.^[128] He said he moved his car as required but otherwise stood or sat around watching.^[129] He agreed the car was very valuable to him and that he watched it closely so it was not damaged. He said he was watching it carefully during the shoot. He said he watched the whole time photographs were taken of her touching the car but not 100% of the time. ^[130] He said he may have had his phone with him but could not recall if he used it.^[131] He said he could have been looking at cars driving past.^[132] He denied she was standing on a platform in the photos of her near the front of the car.^[133] He agreed she appeared happy during the shoot but said he had never met her before.^[134]
127. T504.17-36
128. T502.3-16
129. T501.11-25
130. T503
131. T501.39-47
132. T505.42-44
133. T505.10-16
134. T508.1-6
She said she had a “very quick” discussion with the car owner when he gave her a lift home^[135] but did not say anything about the accused touching her.^[136] The car owner said she told him when he gave her a lift home she would never use that photographer again.^[137]
135. T485.12-22
136. T490.34-43
137. T502.18-38
She said she exchanged Facebook messages with the makeup artist who told her someone else had made a complaint about him.^[138] She said in the messages that he rubbed his erect penis against her during the shoot.^[139] She agreed she also said the car owner witnessed the whole thing but said she meant he was there the entire time.^[140]
138. T483.28-36; T484.43-485.7
139. Ex G
140. T493.16-494.19
Counts 17 and 18 concern SB. She had attended three shoots with the accused before they allegedly occurred on 26 July 2016.

She said she thought the shoot would involve headshots until the makeup artist left when it progressed to nudes.^[141] She said the accused told her to get naked and produced flowers, saying they were to cover her.^[142] She said he made sexual comments and asked when she last had sex, and whether she like being tied up.^[143] She said she posed on all fours facing the rear of the studio on his instruction. She said he told her she was “very wet.”^[144] She said he then put his finger inside her and licked her “arsehole”.^[145] She said she felt his tongue move on her “arse near the hole”, back and forth for about five seconds while his finger remained inside her vagina.^[146] She said she tensed up and moved forward. She said she told him, “you have to stop that now”, and he did.^[147] She said she did not expect, ask or want him to do either act.^[148] She identified photos taken before and after these acts.^[149] The period between them is about three minutes.^[150] She said she had previously decided not to shoot alone with the accused. She agreed nothing stopped her from leaving after the headshots were taken.^[151] She agreed she later posed naked in a seated position on the floor with her legs apart. She said she agreed to this as she wanted the shoot to finish as quickly as possible so did what he wanted.^[152]
141. T603.1-2
142. T603.5
143. T603.30-38
144. T604.5-31
145. T604.37-42
146. T604.44-605.8
147. T605.10-14
148. T605.19-37
149. T617
150. Ex A 26.07.16 #403, #404
151. T627.5-629.23
152. T605.43-606.11
The accused denied in evidence that he inserted his fingers into her vagina or licked her bottom.^[153] He denied asking sexual questions but said they discussed shoots of a ‘fetish’ nature. He said he could not recall whether he asked her to pose on all fours. He denied he said she was “wet”. He said it would have been past what he thought acceptable.^[154] He said he did not do the acts alleged during the period of about three minutes between photos. He agreed there was a change of pose but not of clothing or lighting during this period.^[155]
153. T913.5-16
154. T1039.34-1040.16
155. T1041.11-40
The complainant said she told people about it though not straight away.^[156] She said she returned to her boyfriend after the shoot but did not tell him, as he was abusive and she was not supposed to do many shoots with photographers.^[157]
156. T606.43-48
157. T637.19-25
She said she told a Port Macquarie photographer first. She said she “probably” told him the accused “put his finger in my vagina and licked my arse”.^[158] The Port Macquarie photographer said he had known her for five or six years.^[159] He said they were at his studio after a shoot. He said they spoke about arrest of a photographer but also that it was before he saw a Facebook post about one being charged on 18 October 2017.^[160] He said she told him that the accused started “fingering” her in a shoot. He said she did not tell him the accused had licked her bottom.^[161] He said she appeared rattled and it was unusual for her. He described her as more quiet than usual.^[162]
158. T606.50-607.9
159. T652.25-653.1
160. T661.1-13
161. T659.5-9
162. T653.8-42
The complainant said she next told a Central Coast photographer, when other photographers and another model were present at a workshop studio in July 2017^[163]. She said it was in similar terms to what she told the Port Macquarie photographer.^[164] She denied she told them the accused pinned her down and threatened to ruin her career if she told anyone.^[165]
163. T619.24-45
164. 607.11-37
165. T623.26-624.29
The Central Coast photographer said the complainant told them she had a “bad experience” with the accused. She said the complainant told them he “put her (as said) fingers inside of her and licked her bum”. She said she advised the complainant to go to police but she said, “I think it's probably too late to go to the police" and she was worried she would not get more work, as he was quite big in the photography community.^[166] She agreed the complainant said she had been “pinned down” and he told her not to tell anyone or he would ruin her career.^[167]
166. T641.6-22
167. T643-4
The studio co-owner said the complainant told them after the workshop “at least this photoshoot went better than one of my previous ones”. She said the complainant then told them the photographer, Allan Cameron, had “fingered” her, “pinned” her down and assaulted her.^[168] She said the complainant said she did not want to come forward, as he told her he would ruin her career.^[169] She said the complainant appeared scared, as her arms were crossed and she was looking down and shaking a bit.^[170]
168. T647.14-13
169. T650.3-10
170. T648.28-34
The other model present stated to police she could not recall “word for word” what the complainant said but did remember her saying something like Allan Cameron had made sexual advances during a shoot she had with him resulting in her being “restrained and forced to partake in sexual intercourse". She stated the complainant appeared troubled but not crying or severely distressed at the time.^[171]
171. T841.45-842.43
The complainant said she contacted police after a model gave her the officer’s phone number.^[172] She agreed she had been incorrect in telling police she had no contact with the accused after 29 July 2016^[173]. She agreed she had continued to exchange messages with him until mid-2017.^[174] She said she had deleted the later messages because of her boyfriend at the time.^[175] She agreed they planned a further shoot.^[176] She denied she continued to have contact with him and discussed further shoots because he had not touched her.^[177]
172. T607.47-608.20
173. T629.38-630.2
174. Ex L
175. T636.37-46
176. T630.25-30
177. T631.11-
Count 19 concerns MG. It was her first shoot with him when it allegedly occurred on 20 November 2016.
She gave evidence that when the shoot began he made comments like, "You're so fucking hot, you're so fucking sexy” and, “I don’t know why you’re a fucking lesbian”.^[178] She said he told her, “Don't worry, I can't get a hard on because I'm on heart medication". She said he directed her to pose on her hands and knees, and said, “Put your arse in the air like you want to be fucked.” She said he told her to lie on her back and spread her legs, and put her fingers in her vagina.^[179] She said he came up and slapped her bottom when she was lying on the sand near the water.^[180] She said it was on the left cheek^[181]. She said she was naked and lying on her stomach, with her right arm straightened out in front of her and her left leg bent towards her hip.^[182] She identified photos taken before and after the slap.^[183] She said she thought footprints were apparent in the bottom right corner of the photo taken after. She agreed no footprints were visible between them and her bottom but said the sand appeared “ruffled” and “not as smooth as the other areas”.^[184] She said she did not expect, want or ask him to do it.^[185]
178. T521.22
179. T521.24-43
180. T520.30-521.1
181. TT521.13
182. T521.5-9
183. Ex A 20.11.16 #401, #402; T528.28-48
184. T543.20-48
185. T522.14-22
The accused denied in evidence he slapped her bottom.^[186] He agreed he knew she was a lesbian but denied he told her, “I don’t know why you’re a fucking lesbian.” He said he did could not see himself saying, “You’re so fucking hot, you’re so fucking sexy”, as he would not have spoken to her in that way, but agreed he could have told her she was sexy. He denied he said, “I can’t get a hard on. I’m on heart medication” but agreed he could have said something about her giving him a heart attack^[187] and that he had a heart attack previously.^[188]
186. T909.4-17
187. T1014.48-1015.33
188. T1016.4-17
She agreed that later on the same day he sent her a photo and she replied “Oh my god, this is amazing, thank you so much, you’re absolutely amazing at what you do, thanks so much for a great morning”. She said parts of the morning were great but other parts not so much. She agreed she told him she looked forward to more shoots with him and they worked well together.^[189] She agreed she attended another shoot with him in January 2017.^[190] It was an engagement shoot with her fiancée.^[191]
189. Ex H; T537.6-539.35
190. T531.13-14
191. T520.26-37
Count 20 concerns RC. She attended two shoots with the accused before it allegedly occurred on 16 April 2017. She gave evidence that they were walking up to the carpark at the beach after a shoot when her bikini bottom started coming undone. She said she mentioned her bikini had started coming undone and he said, “Oh, I had better slowdown in case they fall off so I can see”.^[192] She said when they got to the car park, he “went in” for a hug and put his right arm around her. What she said then was not clearly recorded but was to the effect he did something with his left hand and her dress^[193] . She said she grabbed the side of her bikini to get its ties and he moved his right hand to her thigh and then her “butt”. She said the palm of his hand brushed along her “butt”.^[194] She said it was on the outside of her clothing, and she was wearing the bikini and a dress at the time.^[195] She said the hand definitely touched her skin on her hip. She said she was “pretty sure” it touched her “butt”.^[196] She said she “definitely” did not expect him to do it and did not ask or want him to do it.^[197]
192. T726.15-20
193. T726.22-27
194. T726.22-27
195. T272.29-34
196. T726.36-50
197. T727.11-22
The accused gave evidence that he remembered her stopping to do something but said he did not really see as he was a fair way back struggling to climb the stairs. He said he would have had a rest at the top and put all the equipment in the car. He denied he touched her bottom. He agreed he “probably” gave her a hug though he said he had no memory of it.^[198] He said he would not have touched her in that way as it important to get her to come back again. He said he had rules as a photographer:
198. T919.1-49

“Rule number one is: don’t touch the models. Rule number two is: if in doubt, refer to rule number one.”^[199]
199. T1052.46-1054.1

She attended no further shoots with him.^[200] She agreed she sent him a Facebook message the next day saying “thank you as well, such a fun shoot.” She agreed this was “somewhat” true.^[201] She sent him another message later asking if he got enough images he was happy to submit to a magazine.^[202]
200. See Ex 1
201. T744.11-27
202. Ex O, Ex P
She said she told her partner but could not recall telling anyone else about it.^[203] She was shown a Facebook message she sent a friend saying, "At a beach shoot he gave me a hug before we left and he was trying to grab the side of bikini bottoms as a joke but yeah that was all, thank goodness." ^[204] She agreed she sent the message to her friend. She denied she did not mention him touching her bottom because it did not happen. She said she was “playing it down”, as she did not like its seriousness, and did not want to tell her friend all the details as she did not need to know.^[205]
203. T730.44-50
204. MFI 25
205. T750.5-50
Count 21 and Counts 23 to 26 concern EP. It was her first shoot with the accused when they allegedly occurred on 26 June 2017.
She gave evidence that they arranged it on Facebook and agreed he would pay her $50 per hour.^[206] She said early in the shoot, he placed one hand over her bra, then pulled one strap down, and pinched her nipple with two of his fingers.^[207] She said she did not expect, ask or want him to do that.^[208] She said “going to the shoot, I wasn’t expecting him to touch it or in the shoot when I got into the studio, I didn’t expect him to do it”. ^[209] She agreed she did not tell him to stop. She said she told him she just wanted to get back to the shoot.^[210] She said she went along with his sexual acts as she wanted to be paid and needed photos.^[211] She said this was why she agreed to allow him to pinch her nipples.^[212] She said she allowed him to pinch her nipples, as she did not stop him, and just said she wanted to continue doing the shoot. She said he did not forcefully make her.^[213]
206. T767.12-22
207. T771.19-50
208. T773.50-774.8
209. T827.21-32
210. T815.7-13
211. T815.15-17
212. T815.26-28
213. T827.8-9
The accused denied in evidence that he squeezed her nipple. He agreed he untwisted her bra strap early in the shoot but denied touching her, and said he checked with her she was ok with him doing it.^[214]
214. T921.19-49
She said she lay on her back on a red rug at his instruction. She said he then got on top of her in a “push up position” and proceeded to “grind” his crotch against hers. She said this lasted a minute or two. She said she was wearing a bra but could not recall if she was wearing underpants at the time.^[215] She said he told her he wanted to fuck her and she told him she had her period but he said “that’s ok, I can just fuck you up the arse”. She said she told him it was wrong, they should not be doing it, and she just wanted to get back to the shoot. She said she did not expect, ask, or want him to do it.^[216] She said he did not forcefully make her do it.^[217] She said she agreed to allow him to do it, as she wanted to be paid for the day and needed photos.^[218]
215. T772.35-
216. T773.30-38; T827.14-19
217. T827.8-9
218. T815.19-21; 815.36-38
The accused denied in evidence that he lay on her and ground his crotch against hers.^[219] He denied he said he could fuck her in the arse and said she did not tell him she had her period at this time but at the start of the shoot when she came back from the toilet.^[220]
219. T924.32-49
220. T1086.1-14
She said she posed on all fours facing the backdrop at his instruction. She said she felt him insert his fingers into her vagina.^[221] She said she did not expect, ask or want him to do it.^[222] She agreed she consented to it, as she wanted to be paid for the day.^[223] She said she understood consent to mean “he didn’t forcefully make me do it”.^[224] She later said she did not allow it.^[225]
221. T772.9-27
222. T773.40-48
223. T815.15-24
224. T827.1-9
225. T827.34-41
The accused denied inserting his fingers into her vagina when she was on her hands and knees. He agreed he took photos of her in that position.^[226]
226. T924.13-30
She said he then asked her to choose a ruler or a whip and she chose the ruler. She said he told her to say “mercy” and hit her with it seven times on her buttocks. She said she said “mercy” once and he stopped.^[227] She said when he stopped hitting her, he rubbed the ruler against her vagina for a few seconds.^[228] She said she did not expect, want or ask him to hit her with the ruler or rub her vagina with it.^[229] She said she did not agree or consent to the ruler being placed near or on her vagina.^[230] She said she did not allow him to spank her with it and did not want him to touch her with it.^[231] She agreed use of the ruler was her idea but denied use of “mercy” as a ‘safe word’ was her idea.^[232]
227. T774.18-39
228. T775.8-9
229. T775.18-25; T810.42-50
230. T815.44-49
231. T828.4-7
232. T816.9-14
The accused gave evidence that they discussed using a small red suede “flogger whip” but she was not comfortable with it and suggested the ruler. He said they tried to stage some photos with it. He said he suggested they use a safe word if she decided it was not right and she suggested “mercy”. He said it stopped the moment she said it.^[233] He said he “tapped” her bottom with the ruler to make it pink but it did not work so they attempted to balance it on her “bum” but it did not work either and her knees were getting sore so they abandoned the idea. He said he did not touch her with the ruler around or on her vagina in his opinion.^[234]
233. T922.26-38
234. T923.39-924.11
She said she was later on her knees facing the front of the room. She said he told her to close her eyes and she did. She said she felt a blindfold going around her face. She said he grabbed her hand and put it on his penis. She said he told her to rub it and she did a few times before she let go.^[235] She said he paid her $150 after the shoot and told her not to tell anyone, as it would ruin his reputation and he had a wife.^[236] She said she did not expect, want or ask him to it.^[237] She said she agreed to allow him to do it as she wanted to be paid for the day and needed photos.^[238] She said she did not want to touch his penis but “he took my hand and then I touched it, but he told me to do it.”^[239] She agreed he told her in the car before the shoot and again during it that she did not have to do anything she was uncomfortable with. She agreed she told police in her statement, “He said to me you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to”.^[240]
235. T775.34-43
236. T778.3-19
237. T776.45-777.2
238. T815.19-21; T815.33-34
239. T827.43-828.2
240. T817.23-818.21
The accused denied in evidence he put his penis in her hand.^[241] He said she touched him on the leg and upper thigh when he was shooting her while she was blindfolded. He said it made him freeze while she unzipped his pants and performed oral sex on him for a short period until her hand contacted his herniated bellybutton which snapped him out of things, and he went back to his desk and got his heart rate under control.^[242]
241. T925.1-3
242. T922.38-923.23
She agreed she sent messages to the accused shortly after the shoot saying “hey, thank you for today.”^[243] She agreed she said in a message they worked well together.^[244] She agreed she asked about another shoot but said she did not mean it.^[245]
243. T821.10-16
244. T821.11-30
245. T821.32
She said she told another photographer she had worked with and his partner that night, and also her mother who was overseas.^[246] She said she first told the other photographer in Facebook messages.^[247] The messages commenced at 4.31pm, shortly after she got home from the shoot.^[248] She told him she had fun at first.^[249] Later, she said “I can’t go back to the photographer” with a sad face emoji. She said, “I’m gonna wait til I get my photos in the next few days and block him” as he was “way too pervy, I mean over the top”. She said she was “scared a bit.” She said in response to a question, “I was fake smiling most of the time. I only wanted the money and photos by the end of it pretending to have fun." She asked him not to tell his partner.^[250] She said then he called her and she told him the photographer “touched my nipple. He had also grinded on me. He also used a ruler on me.” She said she did not go into detail over the phone as she was very distraught. She said he told her she had to go to the police and his wife was on her way to take her to the station.^[251]
246. T778.24-37
247. T780.41-781.5
248. T806.33-40
249. T809.9-32
250. T809.38-810.29
251. T781.11-18
The photographer recorded the conversation. A police transcript of it included the following passages:

"And then he would just say that he would fuck me and everything like that"; "No, I was lying [about having fun], I didn't know what to say"; "He made me kneel and he hit me with a ruler on my arse"; "And then I didn't know what to do. Then he said to put my hand up and then he had his dick out and I didn't know what to do"; "And then he said, I, I said I didn't want to and I, I mean I just said I didn't want to, I'm on my period, and then he was just saying, that's just an excuse"; and "Saying that he would have sex with me and I just said I didn't want sex. I was acting the whole time like I was fine with it."^[252] The other photographer asked her “"But you just said you said no when it came to the sex" and she replied "But I was still acting like everything was okay because I just didn't know what to do".^[253]

Decision last updated: 13 August 2020

Medium Neutral Citation:	R v Allan Cameron [2020] NSWDC 444
Hearing dates:	12/2/20 – 14/2/20; 17/2/20 – 2-/2/20; 24/2/20 – 28/2/20; 2/320 – 4/3/20; 9/3/20 – 11/3/20; 16/3/20 – 17/3/20; 23/3/20 – 27/3/20; 30/3/20 – 3/4/20
Date of orders:	1 May 2020
Decision date:	01 May 2020
Jurisdiction:	Criminal
Before:	Gartelmann SC DCJ
Decision:	Guilty of Counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 Not guilty of Counts 8, 10, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26
Catchwords:	Judge alone trial – Alleged offences of indecent and sexual assault – Procure for prostitution
Legislation Cited:	Crimes Act 1900
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Regina (Crown) Allan Cameron (Accused)
Representation:	Counsel: P Marr (Crown Prosecutor) J O’Sullivan (Accused) Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) O’Brien Winter Partners (Accused)
File Number(s):	2017/215084
Publication restriction:	Publication of any matter which identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of any complainant in these proceedings is prohibited: s 578A(2) Crimes Act 1900.