Betka v R; Ghazaoui v R; Hawchar v R (No 2) [2020] NSWCCA 199

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Betka v R; Ghazaoui v R; Hawchar v R (No 2) [2020] NSWCCA 199 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 5 August 2020 Decision date: 06 August 2020 Before: Fullerton J; Wilson J; Ierace J Decision: Order 2(i) made on 5 August 2020 in the case of Bilal Betka is amended as follows: The commencement date for the sentence is amended to 17 December 2017 and the expiry date for the non-parole period is amended to 16 June 2021. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – slip rule – variation of orders Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Rules (NSW), r 50C(3) Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Bilal Betka (Applicant) Zouheir Ghazaoui (Applicant) Ahmed Hawchar (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Lange (Applicant Betka) D Barrow (Applicants Hawchar and Ghazaoui) D Jordan / E Tringali (Crown)

Solicitors: Kings Law Group (Applicant Betka) Executive Legal (Applicants Hawchar and Ghazaoui) Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) File Number(s): 2017/383939; 2018/176836; 2018/176600 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court Date of Decision: 2 December 2019 Before: Noman SC DCJ File Number(s): 2017/383939; 2018/176836; 2018/176600