R v Young [2006] NSWSC 1499

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Young [2006] NSWSC 1499

HEARING DATE(S) : 28 April 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 April 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1

DECISION : Conditional bail granted.

CATCHWORDS : BAIL - charge of murder - s.9C Bail Act 1978 applicable - bail not to be granted unless exceptional circumstances justify grant of bail - nature and application of exceptional circumstances test - exceptional circumstances demonstrated - conditional bail granted

LEGISLATION CITED : Bail Act 1978

R v Cable (1947) 63 WN 267 R v Watson (1948) 64 WN 100 CASES CITED : R v Zvonaric (1967) 1 Petty Sessions Review 77 (Moffitt J, 3 November 1967) R v Tapueluelu (Dowd J, 5 January 2004, unreported) R v Steggall [2005] VSCA 278; (2005) 157 A Crim R 402

PARTIES : Reubin Gary Young (Applicant) Regina (Crown)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2006/832

COUNSEL : Mr P Byrne SC (Applicant) Ms A Zeid (Crown)

LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION : ---

LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION : ---

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION

Johnson J

28 April 2006

2006/832 Regina v Reubin Gary Young

JUDGMENT (video link to Metropolitan Remand Centre) 1 JOHNSON J: The applicant, Reubin Gary Young seeks bail in this Court. Mr Young is charged with murder, failing to stop and assist after a vehicle impact causing death, and driving with the high range prescribed concentration of alcohol in his blood. He is to next appear before the Newcastle Local Court on 24 May 2006 for mention only. 2 Because of the murder charge, bail is not to be granted to the applicant unless the Court is satisfied that exceptional circumstances justify the grant of bail: s.9C Bail Act 1978.