R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 932

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 932 Hearing dates: 20 February – 10 March 2023 Decision date: 27 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Button J Decision: Various rulings in favour of admission and exclusion regarding digital product tendered by the Crown Catchwords: CRIME - murder trial – Crown case relies upon extended joint criminal enterprise and being an accessory before the fact in combination with doctrine of constructive murder – pre-trial rulings – digital product sought to be relied upon by the Crown – disputes about discrete portions only of product – whether portion relevant – assessment of probative value of portion – assessment of danger of prejudicial effect arising from product – various rulings made Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk [2023] NSWSC 202 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 843 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 844 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Crown) Joseph Nehme (Accused) Lisa Anne Price (Accused) Bilal Rahim (Accused) Vilami Bui Taufahema (Accused) Sherene Rizk (Accused) Representation: Counsel: C Taylor (Crown) D Dalton SC (Joseph Nehme) T Quilter (Lisa Anne Price) P Young SC (Bilal Rahim) A Evers (Viliami Bui Taufahema) J Stratton SC with M Fordham (Sherene Rizk)