R v Wiggins (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 1055

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wiggins (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 1055 Hearing dates: 3 August 2022 Date of orders: 5 August 2022 Decision date: 05 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: N Adams J Decision: The application for a permanent stay of the proceedings is refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – application to permanently stay proceedings – accused facing trial for murder and inflict grievous bodily harm with intent – long and unfortunate procedural history – delay – upcoming trial to be accused's fourth trial – alleged unfairness due to "opportunistic" "patching up" of Crown case with new evidence – exceptional remedy sought – accused must show fundamental defect – prosecution duty of disclosure – application refused Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 8 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 38, 165, 192 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 147 Cases Cited: Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552; [2000] HCA 41 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 Dupas v The Queen (2010) 241 CLR 237; [2010] HCA 20 Jago v District Court of NSW (1989) 168 CLR 23; [1989] HCA 46 Koloamatangi v R; Popovic v R [2020] NSWCCA 52 Nikolovski v R [2021] NSWCCA 327 (Decision restricted) R v Michael John Issakidis [2015] NSWSC 834 R v RD [2016] NSWCCA 84 R v Sparos (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1462 R v Warwick (No.64) [2019] NSWSC 163 R v Wiggins (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1127 R v Wiggins (No 3) [2021] NSWSC 1128 Strickland (a pseudonym) v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (2018) 266 CLR 325; [2018] HCA 53 The Queen v Edwards (2009) 83 ALJR 717; [2009] HCA 20 The Queen v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592; [1992] HCA 16 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Wiggins v R [2020] NSWCCA 256 (Decision restricted) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Matthew Paul Wiggins (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr K McKay SC with Ms S Sloane (Crown) Mr D Dalton SC with Mr T Woods (Accused)