R v Nehme [2024] NSWSC 512

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme [2024] NSWSC 512 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 01 March 2024 Decision date: 04 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McNaughton J Decision: The Court makes the following orders: (1) The portion of item 164 either in its original form or in its suggested amended form is excluded; (2) Subject to the excisions of the words "I do everything with this guy, bro" and "he saved my life maybe three times" the portion of item 194 is admissible; (3) The portion of item 207 is admissible. Catchwords: CRIME – admissibility – evidence – telephone intercept material relating to violence, drugs and participation of others – where accused objects to the content of certain telephone intercept material – whether probative value of certain telephone intercept material is outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice to the accused – Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 137 Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 130A Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 137 Cases Cited: R v Nehme (No 4) [2022] NSWSC 202 R v Nehme, Price, Rahim, Taufahema and Rizk (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 932 R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 451 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Rex (Crown) Joseph Nehme (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Crown) D Dalton SC / T Weller-Wong (Accused)