Prosecutors successfully argued for date ranges of alleged indecent assault offences to be expanded. (ABC News: Greg Bigelow)
Prosecutors in the Alan Jones trial have successfully argued to expand the date range of alleged indecent assault offences.
It follows conflicting witness timelines as the first of six complainants took the stand to give evidence.
Mr Jones has pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of assault with act of indecency and two counts of sexual touching.
The judge in radio broadcaster Alan Jones's criminal trial has allowed changes to the date range of alleged indecent assault offences in the second week of proceedings, after witnesses gave conflicting timelines.
The 85-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of assault with act of indecency and two counts of sexual touching relating to six alleged victims between 2003 and 2020.
Prosecutors had alleged the first complainant to give evidence, Complainant J, had been 18 or 19 when Mr Jones allegedly kissed him and touched him on a trip to Fitzroy Falls, the broadcaster's NSW Southern Highlands property.
Charges relating to the trip to Fitzroy Falls are alleged to have occurred at some time in 2004, according to the Crown's original case.
But prosecutors have successfully argued to expand the possible dates of some of the alleged offending to any time between 2004 and April 2006, meaning Complainant J may have been between 18 and 21 years old.
Mr Jones and the witnesses were given an early mark as lawyers argued. (ABC News: Ethan Rix)
Mr Jones was given an early mark from the NSW Local Court on Wednesday, and witnesses were sent home as lawyers argued about changing the offence date ranges.
The court had heard Complainant J, who was an emerging athlete at the time, did not remember the date he allegedly confided in his then-girlfriend that Mr Jones had been "touching" him.
He said he thought the visit to Fitzroy Falls, where he alleged Mr Jones asked him to wear a "robe and nothing else" before kissing and touching him, was around 2004.
But his ex-girlfriend has since given evidence that Complainant J came to her house and told her about the alleged offending straight after the Fitzroy Falls trip, which she said was in 2005 or early 2006.
Prosecutors argued that "time is not of the essence" in relation to the charges, and that the Crown's case was simply that the offending had occurred.