R v Al Batat & Ors (No 10) [2020] NSWSC 1107

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 10) [2020] NSWSC 1107 Hearing dates: 18 August 2020 Date of orders: 21 August 2020 Decision date: 21 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) The evidence in paragraph [99] of Wai Li's statement dated 1 May 2019 is not admissible against Mr Liu. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – evidence - hearsay - admissions -whether admissible against co-offender - admissions made with authority - co-conspirators rule - where co-accused's statements attribute shooting to applicant - makeshift Buddhist temple - scope of common purpose - whether statement made in furtherance of common purpose - whether common purpose extends to desire not to be detected - logical extension of prosecution submission that post-offence statements admissible in every case - not the law - evidence inadmissible Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 59, 81, 87 Cases Cited: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 8) [2020] NSWSC 1095 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 9) [2020] NSWSC 1101 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Abdallah Hassan Al Batat Ying Cheng Luo Ian Fan Jaiyu Liu Jacob Blake Bayliss Nai An Li Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) B Rigg SC (Al Batat) R Webb (Luo) T Quilter (Fan) N Carroll (Liu) A Norrie (Bayliss) D Carroll (Li)