R v Al Batat & Ors (No 26) [2020] NSWSC 1389

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 26) [2020] NSWSC 1389 Hearing dates: 2 October 2020 Date of orders: 2 October 2020 Decision date: 13 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) The text message of 31 January 2017 is admissible. (2) The opinion evidence of Detective Inspector Bamford is not admissible. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – evidence - opinion evidence - police officer expressing opinion as to meaning of text message sent by accused - whether reference to "toys" was a reference to firearms - matter for jury not expert evidence - opinion not based on police officer's expertise Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 79 Cases Cited: R v Al Batat & Ors (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1061 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