R v Cranston (No 15) [2022] NSWSC 977

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 15) [2022] NSWSC 977 Hearing dates: 20 July 2022 Date of orders: 20 July 2022 Decision date: 21 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Payne JA Decision: (1) The individual Juror 02960699 is discharged pursuant to s 53B(d) of the Jury Act 1977 (NSW); (2) Pursuant to s 53C(1)(b) of the Jury Act, the trial is to continue with the remaining thirteen jurors. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Jury — Discharge of individual juror — where juror falling asleep during evidence — juror discharged CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Trial — Jury — order that the trial continue with remaining jurors Legislation Cited: Jury Act 1977 (NSW), ss 53A, 53B, 53C Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Adam Michael Cranston (Accused) Lauren Anne Cranston (Accused) Jason Cornell Onley (Accused) Dev Menon (Accused) Patrick Willmott (Accused) Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC with J Paingakulam and C Tran (Crown) J Stratton SC with H Blake (Adam Cranston) TD Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston) P Bruckner (Dev Menon) WR Johnson (Jason Onley) L Brasch (Patrick Willmott)

Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) One Group Legal (Adam Cranston) Greg Willis Criminal Defence Lawyer (Lauren Cranston) Hardinlaw (Dev Menon) Pure Legal (Jason Onley) The Defenders (Patrick Willmott) File Number(s): 2017/148697; 2017/148185; 2017/148776; 2017/149208; 2020/115291 Publication restriction: Not to be published other than to the parties until after the trials of each of the accused are completed.