R v DJL [2024] NSWDC 165

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v DJL [2024] NSWDC 165 Hearing dates: 29 – 30 April, 1-2 May 2024 Date of orders: 10 May 2024 Decision date: 10 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs [283] and [297] Catchwords: EVIDENCE – pretext phone calls from complainant to accused arising from execution of surveillance device warrant – accused's application for exclusion of evidence of sound recordings of phone calls –whether complainant acted as an 'agent of the State' – whether admissions and the circumstances in which they were made were not influenced by oppressive conduct – whether admissions improperly obtained and if so, whether the desirability of admitting them outweighs the undesirability of admitting them – whether probative value of admissions outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice – whether it would be unfair to admit the evidence of admissions having regard to the circumstances in which they were made CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – admissibility of evidence of sexual reputation – complainant identifies herself in a witness statement as being a virgin as a temporal reference for when alleged acts of penile-vaginal intercourse commenced to occur – whether evidence relevant – whether evidence should be excluded Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 294CB(2)-(4) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 55, 84, 90, 137, 138, 189, 192A Cases Cited: Aytugrul v The Queen (2012) 247 CLR 170 Deacon v The Queen (2019) 282 A Crim R 303 Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Dick (2007) 64 ACSR 61 Douglass v R [2020] NSWCCA 284 Em v The Queen (2007) 232 CLR 67 Fantakis v R [2023] NSWCA 3 Gahani v The Queen (2022) 370 FLR 485 GN v R [2024] NSWCCA 39 Habib v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2010) 76 NSWLR 299 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300 Kadir v The Queen (2020) 267 CLR 109 Lyon (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2019] VSCA 251 Mann v R [2023] NSWCCA 256 Parker v Comptroller-General of Customs (2009) 83 ALJR 494 Pavitt v The Queen (2007) 169 A Crim R 452 Poniris v R [2014] NSWCCA 100 R v Bauer (2018) 266 CLR 56 R v Broyles [1991] 3 SCR 595 R v Burton [2013] NSWCCA 335 R v CS [2019] NSWDC 875 R v DRF (2015) 263 A Crim R 573 R v Edwards (Unreported, 14 November 2022) R v Falzon (2018) 264 CLR 361 R v Gregory-Roberts [2016] NSWCCA 92 R v Hajjar (Unreported 21 May 2021) R v Niguidula [2023] NSWSC 481 R v Paris (1993) 97 CR App 99 R v Rumsby [2023] NSWSC 229 R v SJRC [2007] NSWCCA 142 R v Tarantino (No.6) [2019] NSWSC 1174 R v Ye Zhang [2000] NSWSC 1099 Sidaros v The Queen (2020) 15 ACTLR 64 Swaffield v R; Pavic v R (1998) 192 CLR 159 The Queen v Dickman (2017) 261 CLR 601 Tofilau v The Queen (2007) 231 CLR 396 Texts Cited: Criminal Trials Court Bench Book S Odgers SC, Uniform Evidence Law (18th ed) (Thomson Reuters, 2023) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) DJL (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Ms K Marinos for the ODPP Mr K Ginges for the Accused