Bertucci v Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) [2021] NSWSC 240

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bertucci v Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) [2021] NSWSC 240 Hearing dates: 4 March 2021 Date of orders: 17 March 2021 Decision date: 17 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Bail refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – bail – show cause requirement – combination of circumstances – delay – assessment of strength of prosecution case – family circumstances – possible diagnosis of ADHD in applicant's son – large surety available – electronic monitoring Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 16B, 17, 19 Criminal Code (Cth), s 307.1 Cases Cited: Barr (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCA 47 Boatswain v R [2019] NSWCCA 238 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Zaiter [2016] NSWCCA 247 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tikomailmaleya [2015] NSWCA 83 Director of Public Prosecutions v Hourigan [2017] NSWCCA 170 JM v R [2015] NSWSC 978 Mohr v R (Supreme Court of NSW, Hamill J, 22 December 2017, unrep) Moukhallaletti v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCCA 314 R v Bail Applicant M [2020] NSWSC 1685 R v Gountounas [2018] NSWCCA 40 R v Marcus [2016] NSWCCA 237 R v Mawad [2015] NSWSC 1237 R v Xi [2015] NSWSC 1575 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nathan Bertucci (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Lloyd QC (Applicant) R Rodger (Respondent)