“Thousands” of pages worth of phone data have been reviewed by prosecutors in the case against a high profile man charged with raping a woman, a court has been told.
The new development in the case involving the man, whose identity remains protected under Queensland law, follows a request by his lawyers for a full forensic download of the complainant’s phone during an earlier court appearance.
Police charged the man with two counts of rape in January, alleging they stemmed from an incident in Toowoomba back in October 2021.
On Wednesday, crown prosecutor Nicole Friedewald told the court the phone download had been received by her office.
“It does cover many thousands of pages and the prosecution is currently working its way through that material in order to satisfy disclosure obligations,” Ms Friedewald said.
The court was told about 800 pages still needed to be reviewed.
The man’s case was adjourned to November 1 for his lawyer Rowan King to receive and review the remaining material.
More to come.