R v Botrus (No 1) [2020] NSWSC 1204

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Botrus (No 1) [2020] NSWSC 1204 Hearing dates: 14 August 2020 Date of orders: 27 August 2020 Decision date: 27 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Walton J Decision: The notice of motion dated 7 August 2020 is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – evidence – admissibility – admissibility of statements made by the accused during police interview – application to exclude the entirety of the Electronically Recorded Interview of a Suspected Person – cautions – requirements of s 139(1)(c) – evidence improperly obtained pursuant to s 138(1)(a) of the Evidence Act – exclusion of improperly obtained evidence – discretionary factors – non-exhaustive matters in s 138(3) – desirability of admitting evidence outweighs undesirability of admitting evidence – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54; [1978] HCA 22 Edwards v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 193; [1993] HCA 63 Kadir v The Queen; Grech v The Queen (2020) 94 ALJR 168; [2020] HCA 1 Kelly v The Queen (2004) 218 CLR 216; [2004] HCA 12 Lee v The Queen (2014) 308 ALR 252; [2014] HCA 20 Parker v Comptroller-General of Customs (2009) 252 ALR 614; [2009] HCA 7 R v Burton [2013] NSWCCA 335 R v Camilleri [2007] NSWCCA 36 R v Dalley (2002) 132 A Crim R 169; [2002] NSWCCA 284 R v Deng [2001] NSWCCA 153 R v Lane (2011) 221 A Crim R 309; [2011] NSWCCA 157 R v Nguyen (2013) 117 SASR 432; [2013] SASCFC 91 Strickland v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2018) 361 ALR 23; [2018] HCA 53 Zheng v R (1995) 83 A Crim R 572 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Fredon Botrus (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Clark (Crown) S Pararajasingham (Defendant)