NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v TABER; R v STYMAN; R v STYMAN [2002] NSWSC 1239 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70212/02; 70210/02; 70211/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 09/09/02-13/09/02, 16/09/02-20/09/02, 23/09/02, 24/09/02, 26/09/02, 27/09/02, 30/09/02, 01/10/02-03/10/02, 08/10/02-11/10/02, 14/10/02-18/10/02, 21/10/02-25/10/02, 28/10/02-31/10/02, 01/11/02, 04/11/02-08/11/02, 11/11/02-15/11/02, 18/11/02-22/11/02, 25/11/02-29/11/02, 02/12/02, 04/12/02-06/12/02, 09/12/02-11/12/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 December 2002
Regina v Peter David TABER PARTIES : Regina v Ian Craig STYMAN Regina v Shannon Troy STYMAN JUDGMENT OF : Barr J at 1
Crown: JP Kiely SC COUNSEL : Accused Taber: GD Wendler Accused Ian Styman: R McCrudden Accused Shannon Styman: PD Young Crown: SE O'Connor SOLICITORS : Accused Taber: Van Houten Accused Ian Styman: A P Sparke & Broad Accused Shannon Styman: Nikola Velcic & Co CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - murder by reckless indifference - whether omission to rescue deceased deliberately placed in danger capable of constituting actus reus. - Criminal law - murder by reckless indifference - whether binding, gagging and abandonment of deceased and subsequent omission to rescue deceased from danger constitute a single transaction. - Criminal law - murder by reckless indifference - whether mens rea and actus reus must exist at the same time. - Criminal law - murder by reckless indifference - whether unsuccessful attempt to rescue deceased deliberately placed in danger determines duty to remove danger. People v Beardsley 113 NW 1128 (1907) R v Conde (1967) 10 Cox CC 547 R v Gibbins and Proctor (118) 13 Cr App R 134 R v Hallett [1969] SASR 141 R v Instan [1893] 1 QB 450 R v Joukhadar, Court of Criminal Appeal, New South Wales, 13 June 1975, unrep CASES CITED : R v Lawford (1993) 61 SASR 542 R v Lowe (1850) 3 CAR & K 123 R v Marriott (1838) 8 Car & P 425 R v Miller [1980] 2 QB 532 R v Nicholls (1874) 13 Cox CC 75 R v Shepherd (1861) Le & Ca 3 147 R v Taktak (1988) 14 NSWLR 226 Thabo Meli & Ors v R [1954] 1 All ER 373 DECISION : See judgment
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