R v Crane & Ors (Trial Ruling No 10) [2022] NSWSC 1227

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Crane & Ors (Trial Ruling No 10) [2022] NSWSC 1227 Hearing dates: 29 June 2022, 4-5 July 2022 Date of orders: 5 July 2022 Decision date: 05 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fagan J Decision: Jury directions settled. Catchwords: CRIME – murder – criminal responsibility – jury directions – where two accused said to be party to a joint criminal enterprise raise self defence – whether the accused's acts were in furtherance of a joint criminal enterprise or in response to a perceived threat – whether excessive self defence could be left with the jury Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Osland v The Queen [1998] HCA 75; (1998) 259 CLR 380 R v Basanovic [2018] NSWCCA 246 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Colin Stephen Crane (accused) James Peter Crane (accused) Simon Alexander Rodden (accused) Adam David Symons (accused) Beau Andrew McDonald (accused) Guy Robertson (accused) Jake William McDonough (accused) Representation: Counsel: G Turner with K Prince (Crown) P Young SC (accused C.Crane) S Boland (accused J.Crane) T Edwards (accused Rodden) J Trevallion (accused Symons) T Hughes (accused McDonald) W Flynn (accused Robertson) N Steel (accused McDonough) File Number(s): 2018/228604; 2019/00134906; 2019/00181340; 2017/00329279; 2017/00386819; 2017/00387058; 2017/00387048