R v Lamb and Thurston [2002] NSWSC 357

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Lamb and Thurston [2002] NSWSC 357 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Criminal FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70209/01; 70066/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 - 13 April 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 April 2002

Regina (NSW) PARTIES : Stanley Joseph Lamb - Accused Edward George Thurston - Accused JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J

M.A. Macadam QC - Crown COUNSEL : P.M. Paish - Lamb A.I. Parker - Thurston S.E. O'Connor - Crown SOLICITORS : Ross Hill and Associates - Lamb Legal Aid Commission of NSW - Thurston CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - admissions - detention after arrest for purposes of investigation - compliance with requirments of Part 10A, Crimes Act 1900 - application for detention warrant - calculation of 4 hour period - times out - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - admissions - whether circumstances in which admissions made unfair to accused - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - admissions improperly obtained - discretion to admit - relevant considerations - CRIMINAL LAW - evidence - accused charged with murder - videoed walkaround - accused handcuffed - whether video unfairly prejudicial to accused. Crimes Act 1900, Part 10A LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995, ss 90, 138, 142 Crimes (Detention After Arrest) Regulation 1998, cl 5 & 28 R v Phung Huynh [2001] NSWSC 115 CASES CITED : R v Helmhout [2000] NSWSC 208 112 ACR 10 Bunning v Cross (1978) 141 CLR 54 DECISION : Recorded interview and videoed walkaround both admissible.