R v Dougas; R v Read; R v Linke (No 9) [2022] NSWSC 299

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dougas; R v Read; R v Linke (No 9) [2022] NSWSC 299 Hearing dates: 17 March 2022 Date of orders: 17 March 2022 Decision date: 21 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: The applications by the accused Mark Read and the accused Geoffrey Linke for directed verdicts of acquittal are refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Verdict by direction — 'no case to answer' application by accused — where Crown case based on circumstantial evidence — where application dismissed Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth), s 70.1 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 66, 69, 165 Cases Cited: Ahern v The Queen (1988) 165 CLR 87; [1988] HCA 39 Constantinidis v R; Lazar v R [2022] NSWCCA 4 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207; [1990] HCA 51 Gant v R [2017] VSCA 104 May v O'Sullivan (1955) 92 CLR 654; [1955] HCA 38 Reg v Galbraith [1981] 1 WLR 1039 R v Saffron (No 1) (1988) 17 NSWLR 395 The Queen v LK (2010) 241 CLR 177; [2010] HCA 17 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Proceedings 2018/150442 Regina Paul Peter Dougas (Accused)

Proceedings 2018/150387 Regina Mark Andrew Read (Accused)

Proceedings 2018/150400 Regina Geoffrey Kym Linke (Accused) Representation: Counsel: S Flood / K Heath (Crown) N Clelland QC / S Pararajasingham (Paul Peter Dougas) P Boulten SC / J Gullaci (Mark Andrew Read) I Hill QC / C Morgan (Geoffrey Kym Linke)