R v Cranston (No 30) [2023] NSWSC 216

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Cranston (No 30) [2023] NSWSC 216 Hearing dates: 14 March 2023 Date of orders: 14 March 2023 Decision date: 14 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Payne JA Decision: Orders at [14] Catchwords: CRIME — Bail — Detention application post-conviction Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) sch 1, Criminal Code Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Cases Cited: DPP v Day [2022] NSWCCA 173 DPP (NSW) v Van Gestel (2022) 405 ALR 371; [2022] NSWCCA 171 Lin v Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) [2017] NSWSC 312 Kaya v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2018] VSC 420 Ngoc Tri Chau v Director of Public Prosecutions (1995) 37 NSWLR 639 [Redacted] Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Crown Lauren Anne Cranston (offender) Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC with J Paingakulam and C Tran (Crown) TD Anderson SC (Lauren Cranston)

Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Greg Willis Criminal Defence Lawyer (Lauren Cranston) File Number(s): 2017/148185 Publication restriction: Not to be published other than to the parties until after the trials of each of the accused are completed.

JUDGMENT 1. On 13 March 2023, the jury found Lauren Anne Cranston guilty of the following offences: 1. Between about 1 March 2014 and about 18 May 2017, at Sydney in the State of New South Wales and elsewhere, conspiring with each other, Simon Paul Anquetil, Devyn Michelle Hammond, Joshua Meredith Kitson, Peter Larcombe, Daniel Rostankovski and divers others with the intention of dishonestly causing a loss to a third person, namely the Commonwealth. Contrary to section 135.4(3) of the Criminal Code (Cth). 1. Between about 1 March 2014 and about 18 May 2017, at Sydney in the State of New South Wales and elsewhere, conspiring with each other, Simon Paul Anquetil, Devyn Michelle Hammond, Joshua Meredith Kitson, Peter Larcombe and divers others to deal with money of a value of $1,000,000 or more believing it to be the proceeds of crime. Contrary to section 11.5(1) and 400.3(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth). 1. Immediately after the verdict, the Crown brought an application under s 50(1) of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) to have Ms Cranston detained before her sentencing. Given the late hour, bail was granted (by consent) overnight.