Christian chastity sparks legal battle

DOES an assertion of Christianity imply someone is chaste?

The question was raised yesterday as a man accused of sexual assault took his case to the Supreme Court. At issue is legislation relating to the admissibility of evidence about a complainant's sexual experience - or lack of it.

Peter Charles Spratt, 22, is facing committal proceedings in the local court, charged over the alleged date rape of an 18-year-old woman. The offences allegedly occurred in March last year while they were out drinking and, after they shared a taxi, in a street in Mosman.