NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Abdallah (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1515 Hearing dates: 12 - 16, 19 - 20 October 2020 Decision date: 06 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: The Court makes the following order, declarations and/or findings: (1) On the charge that the accused, Katherine Abdallah, on 9 February 2013, at Brighton-Le-Sands in the State of New South Wales, did unlawfully kill Suzie Sarkis, the aforesaid Katherine Abdallah is not guilty; (2) The aforesaid accused, Katherine Abdallah, is discharged; (3) Exhibit 2 on the voir dire is ruled inadmissible; (4) Exhibits be returned to the parties; (5) Proceedings are otherwise dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME – Manslaughter – Self-defence – whether reasonable response – judge alone trial – accused acquitted Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 418, 421 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 133 Cases Cited: Douglass v R [2020] NSWCCA 284 Osland v The Queen (1998) 197 CLR 316; [1998] HCA 75 R v Katarzynski [2002] NSWSC 613 Royall v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 378; [1991] HCA 27 Sivaraja v The Queen; Sivathas v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 236 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Katherine Abdallah (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K McKay SC (Crown) T Edwards (Accused)
Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Bannisters Lawyers (Accused) File Number(s): 2013/40978
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