NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Botrus (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 1449 Hearing dates: 16 September 2020 Date of orders: 16 September 2020 Decision date: 20 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The Court refused, on 16 September 2020, to make the primary, alternative or further alternative direction sought by the accused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – circumstantial Crown case – primary, alternative and further alternative directions to the jury re authorship of the Wickr messages – indispensable intermediate fact – directions refused Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Chamberlain v The Queen (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521 Davidson v R (2009) 75 NSWLR 150; [2009] NSWCCA 150 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 R v Merritt [1999] NSWCCA 29 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573 The Queen v Bauer (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 Velevski v The Queen (2004) 76 ALJR 402; [2002] HCA 4 Texts Cited: Stephen Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law (Thompson Reuters, 15 ed, 2020) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Fredon Botrus (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Clark (Crown) S Pararajasingham (Defendant)
Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Sayad Sahinovic Legal (Defendant) File Number(s): 2019/11627
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