KE v R [2021] NSWCCA 119

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: KE v R [2021] NSWCCA 119 Hearing dates: 17 May 2021 Date of orders: 14 July 2021 Decision date: 14 July 2021 Before: Garling J at [1] Beech-Jones J at [102] N Adams J at [108] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Quash the verdicts of guilty returned by the jury on the 4th to 7th counts on the Amended Indictment. (3) Order that the appellant be retried. (4) List the proceedings before the District Court on Friday 23 July 2021 for further directions. Catchwords: CRIME – appeals – appeal against conviction – where a majority verdict direction was given instead of a Black direction – whether a miscarriage of justice occurred by the failure to give a Black direction – direction was not a proper perseverance direction – appeal allowed – quash the verdicts of guilty returned by the jury – retrial ordered Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Evidence Act 1995 Jury Act 1977 Cases Cited: Adams v R [2018] NSWCCA 303 Black v The Queen [1993] HCA 71; (1993) 179 CLR 44 CA v R [2019] NSWCCA 166 Cheatle v The Queen [1993] HCA 44; (1993) 177 CLR 541 GBF v The Queen [2020] HCA 40; (2020) 94 ALJR 1037 Hanna v R [2008] NSWCCA 173; (2008) 191 A Crim R 302 R v Dann [2000] NSWCCA 185 R v KE [2019] NSWDC 349 Regina v RTB [2002] NSWCCA 104 Regina v Skaf, Ghanem & Hajeid [2004] NSWCCA 74 RJS v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 241; (2007) 173 A Crim R 100 Tabalbag v R [2016] NSWCCA 48; (2016) 258 A Crim R 240 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Principal judgment Parties: KE (Applicant) The Crown Representation: Counsel: D Barrow (Applicant) M Millward (Crown)