R v Al Batat & Ors (No 24) [2020] NSWSC 1387

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 24) [2020] NSWSC 1387 Hearing dates: 25 September 2020 Date of orders: 25 September 2020 Decision date: 13 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) Leave granted to the Prosecutor to re-open examination in chief of the witness Martina Sellers (a pseudonym). Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - not a very good witness - misunderstanding between counsel - video of identification procedure not led in chief - Prosecutor believed identification not in issue - sought to lead evidence to bolster credibility of witness - unpersuasive application - where misunderstanding apparent in the course of argument - identification evidence important - leave granted Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 26, 192 Cases Cited: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 20) [2020] NSWSC 1319 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