R v Waldron (No.3) [2024] NSWDC 159

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Waldron (No.3) [2024] NSWDC 159 Hearing dates: 5 February 2024 – 17 April 2024 Date of orders: 8 May 2024 Decision date: 08 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Verdicts of guilty to Counts 1 to 10 on the Indictment Catchwords: Corruptly receiving, as an agent, money as a reward for facilitating business opportunities (7 Counts); aiding and abetting an agent to corruptly receive money as a reward for facilitating business opportunities (3 Counts) Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allied Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v The Commissioner of Taxation [1983] 1 NSWLR 1, 44 ALR 607 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Khamis v R [2010] NSWCCA 179; 203 A Crim R 121 Mehajer v R [2014] NSWCCA 167; 244 A Crim R 15 MWJ v R (2005) 80 ALJR 329; [2005] HCA 74 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jon Gordon Waldron (Accused) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Lange (Accused) Mr D Morters SC (the Crown)

Solicitors: P Gibson (Accused) H Pais (the Crown) File Number(s): 2015/90725

JUDGMENT Overview of the Crown Case Evidence of the witnesses called in the Crown case Evidence of William Deckelman Junior Evidence of Ian Mark Narev Evidence of Mr Andrew Goldstein Evidence of Mr Keith Robert Hunter Evidence of Christopher Kelada Evidence of Mr David Bradbury Evidence of Mr Marcus Nicholson Evidence of Mr Thomas Richardson Evidence of Mr Tom Pennington Evidence of Mr Zahid Arain Evidence of Mr Keith Buckley Evidence of Mr Matthew Smith Evidence of Ms Alexandra Drury Evidence of Mr Geoffrey Fuggle Evidence of Ms Judy Cole Evidence of Mr Tim Whiteley Evidence of Ms Kate Brown Evidence of Darren Murphy Evidence of Mr Adam Harrison Evidence of Frank Martinez Evidence of Mr Bradley Twynham Evidence of Mr Michael Marsden Evidence of Dr Allan Watt Summary of evidence in the defence case Evidence of Mr Jon Waldron The Crown address The accused's address Directions of law Elements of Counts 1 to 7 Counts 8, 9 and 10 Identification of factual issues Facts agreed by the parties Chronology of relevant events Findings of fact Determination Orders