R v Al Batat & Ors (No 23) [2020] NSWSC 1370

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 23) [2020] NSWSC 1370 Hearing dates: 7 October 2020 Date of orders: 8 October 2020 Decision date: 08 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) The evidence in paragraph 29 of the statement of Ms Hsu is admissible. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - admission - where police inform witness what they thought happened after the witness made a statement - concern that knowledge may increase her level of confidence under cross-examination - unfair prejudice - probative value - evidence that accused aware of drug debt - drug debt part of motive for killing - where drug debt disputed - probative value high - prejudice incalculable - evidence admissible Legislation Cited: Evidence Act NSW (1995), s 137 Cases Cited: IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 R v Dickman (2017) 261 CLR 691; [2017] HCA 24 R v Yassar Bakir [2009] NSWDC 12 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)

Solicitors: Solicitor for the NSW DPP (Crown) TS Law Firm (Al Batat) Voros Lawyers (Luo) Zahr & Partners (Fan) George Sten & Co (Liu) Ross Hill Lawyers (Bayliss) Younes & Espiner (Li) File Number(s): 2018/214586 (Al Batat) 2017/170943 (Luo) 2017/168582 (Fan) 2017/168476 (Liu) 2017/321618 (Bayliss) 2018/214894 (Li) Publication restriction: No publication until conclusion of trial