Irmak v R; Dagdanasar v R [2021] NSWCCA 178

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Irmak v R; Dagdanasar v R [2021] NSWCCA 178 Hearing dates: 16 March 2021 Date of orders: 6 August 2021 Decision date: 06 August 2021 Before: Johnson J; Wilson J; Cavanagh J Decision: The orders of the Court are: (1) With respect to the applicant Irmak: (a) Grant leave to appeal against conviction; (b) Appeal against conviction is dismissed; (c) Grant leave to appeal against sentence; (d) Appeal against sentence is dismissed; (e) Non-publication order made on 19 July 2019 in the District Court of NSW with respect to the name of the applicant Irmak is lifted. (2) With respect to the applicant Dagdanasar: (a) Grant leave to appeal against conviction; (b) Appeal against conviction is dismissed; (c) Grant leave to appeal against sentence; (d) Appeal against sentence is dismissed. Catchwords: CRIME — appeal against conviction — offences in company — sexual intercourse without consent — reckless infliction of actual bodily harm — question of where injury properly available to satisfy elements of actual bodily harm of s 61J(1) Crimes Act — absence of medical evidence — failure of Crown to particularise injury relevant to each charged count — where injury attributable to sexual act — question of inconsistent verdicts — use of expert pharmacological evidence to prove absence of consent — where Crown Prosecutor's closing address conflated intoxicated and incapacity to give consent CRIME — appeal against sentence — asserted errors in findings of fact — question of correctness of assessment of objective gravity of offences — question of manifest excess — use to be made of "comparable" sentencing cases by which to establish error Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Ford v R [2016] NSWCCA 69 Haines v R [2012] NSWCCA 238 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 JM v R (2014) 246 A Crim R 528; [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kelley v R [2021] NSWCCA 173 King v R [2010] NSWCCA 33 Kirby v R [2021] NSWCCA 162 LN v R [2020] NSWCCA 131 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Mackenzie v R (1996) 190 CLR 348; [1996] HCA 35 Magro v R [2020] NSWCCA 25 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 McIntyre v R (2009) 198 A Crim R 549; [2009] NSWCCA 305 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 Qoro v R [2008] NSWCCA 220 R v AI; R v Dagdanasar [2019] NSWDC 370 R v Campbell [2014] NSWCCA 102 R v Donovan [1934] 2 KB 498; (1936) 25 Cr App R 1 R v MAK; R v MSK; R v MMK [2005] NSWCCA 369 Tabbah v R [2017] NSWCCA 55 Unity Pty Ltd v SafeWork NSW [2018] NSWCCA 266 Weatherall v R [2013] NSWCCA 282 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Ali Irmak (Proceedings 2016/341707) (Applicant) Ruhi Dagdanasar (Proceedings 2016/341614) (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Proceedings 2016/341707 H Roberts / Y Prowse (Crown) P Boulten SC / T Woods (Applicant)