Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 32] [2008] NSWSC 1454

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Baladjam & Ors [No 32] [2008] NSWSC 1454

HEARING DATE(S) : 16/07/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 22 July 2008

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

DECISION : Motion dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW -Refusal to take part in identification parade - Relevance - CRIMINAL LAW - Failure to caution accused before questioning - Failure to inform suspect of right to contact police friend or relative - Extremist statement in terrorism trial - Scope and Relevance.

LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act (Cth) 1914 Evidence Act 1995

McCarthy & Ryan (1993) 71 A Crim R 395 at 404 R v Andrew Timothy Davies [2005] 11 VR 314; [2005] 153 A Crim R 217 CASES CITED : Petty v The Queen (1991) 173 CLR 95 R v Reeves (1992) 29 NSWLR 109 R v Ronen (unreported) 12 August and 10 November 2004

Regina (C'Wealth) v Omar BALADJAM [No 32] Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Moustafa CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohamed Ali ELOMAR PARTIES : Regina (C'Wealth) v Abdul Rakib HASAN Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohammed Omar JAMAL Regina (C'Wealth) v Mirsad MULAHALILOVIC Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled SHARROUF Regina (C'Wealth) v Mazen TOUMA

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/2397001; 2007/2398001; 2007/2399001; 2007/2400001; 2007/2452001; 2007/2454001; 2007/2396001; 2007/2455001

W Abraham QC; G. Bellew SC; C. Donnell; Ms S McNaughton - Crown M Buscombe SC; R Pontello - Accused Baladjam C Waterstreet; P Lange - Accused K Cheikho R Button SC; I Nash - Accused M Cheikho D Dalton SC; E Ozen - Accused Elomar COUNSEL : Ms D Yehia; Ms S Beckett - Accused Hasan G Scragg; D Carroll - Accused Jamal G Turnbull SC; A Djemal - Accused Mulahalilovic W Brewer; M Pickin - Accused Sharrouf S Hanley; - Accused Touma