Police v Robinson [2020] NSWLC 5

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Police v Robinson [2020] NSWLC 5 Hearing dates: 9 March 2020 (Hearing - Bankstown) 20 July 2020 (Written submissions - Fairfield) Decision date: 09 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Magistrate Tsavdaridis Decision: Sequence 1 - Break, enter and steal - Guilty Sequence 2 - Break, enter and steal - Guilty Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - Break, enter and steal - where prosecution case based in part on direct evidence and in part on circumstantial evidence Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss.4, 105A, 112(1)(a), 117 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s.38(1)(c) Cases Cited: Chamberlain v R (No 2) (1984) 153 CLR 521; [1984] HCA 7 Fleming v R (1998) 197 CLR 250 Ghamrawi v R (2017) 95 NSWLR 405; 269 A Crim R 146; [2017] NSWCCA 195 Peacock v R (1911) 13 CLR 619 Pitkin v R (1995) 130 ALR 35 Plomp v R (1963) 110 CLR 234 R v Boyce (1954) 38 Crim App R 111 R v Manunta (1990) 54 SASR 17 Shepherd v R (1990) 170 CLR 573 Stanford v R [2007] NSWCCA 370 Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462 Texts Cited: East, Pleas of the Crown (1803), vol 2, p 490 Category: Principal judgment Parties: NSW Police (Prosecution) Harry Robinson (Defendant) Representation: Solicitors: Ms P Hughes, Sgt (Police Prosecutor) Mr D Leamey (Solicitor for Defendant) File Number(s): JL: 2019/261849 / Charge: H74023385