R v Coss (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 794

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Coss (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 794 Hearing dates: 1 June 2022 Date of orders: 1 June 2022 Decision date: 01 June 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Dhanji J Decision: (1) There be no publication of the transcript of the proceedings in the matter of R v Coss for trial currently before me beyond the parties to the proceedings, the Commissioner, and their legal representatives for a period of seven days following the conclusion of the trial. (2) The Commissioner is granted leave to approach the associate to the trial judge to seek any redactions to the transcript of the proceedings no later than seven days following the conclusion of the trial. (3) Any confidential affidavit or submissions relied on by the Commissioner in these proceedings be returned to the Commissioner's legal representatives at the conclusion of the trial on the basis that the Crown solicitor will make such material available as required by this Court or any superior court. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – trial – judge alone – murder – notice of motion – public interest immunity – non-publication order made restricting publication of transcript until seven days after conclusion of trial Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Bruce Anthony Coss (Accused) Representation: Counsel: L Shaw (Crown) M P King (Accused) A Rose (Commissioner of Police)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Legal Aid NSW (Accused) Crown Solicitor's Office (Commissioner of Police) File Number(s): 2019/336236 Publication restriction: Nil