Regina (C'Wealth) v Elomar & Ors [No 27] [2009] NSWSC 985

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina (C'Wealth) v Elomar & Ors [No 27] [2009] NSWSC 985

HEARING DATE(S) : 10/09/09

JUDGMENT DATE : 21 September 2009

JURISDICTION : Criminal

JUDGMENT OF : Whealy J at 1

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11 September 2009

DECISION : Application to discharge the jury is refused.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Application for discharge of jury - Publicity in an overseas terrorist trial - Whether a real risk of miscarriage of justice - test of necessity - Jurors' adherence to directions

Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 C293, 362 per Gaudron J John Fairfax Publications pty Ltd v District Court of NSW [2004] 61 NSWLR 344 CASES CITED : Re K (2002) NSWCCA 374 at (9) (10) per Beazley JA, Sully and Simpson JJ R v Glennon (1992) 173 CLR 592 and 632 R v Petroulias [No 19] BC 200711115 at (40)

Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohamed Ali ELOMAR [27] Regina (C'Wealth) v Abdul Rakib HASAN PARTIES : Regina (C'Wealth) v Khaled CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Moustafa CHEIKHO Regina (C'Wealth) v Mohammed Omar JAMAL

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/2399001; 2007/2400001; 2007/2395001; 2007/2398001; 2007/2452001

R Maidment SC; G Bellew SC; C O'Donnell; S McNaughton - Crown D Dalton SC; E Ozen - Accused Elomar COUNSEL : D Yehia; S Beckett - Accused Hasan C Waterstreet; P Lange - Accused K Cheikho R Button SC; I Nash - Accused M Cheikho G Scragg; D Carroll - Accused Jamal

C'Wealth DPP - Crown Nyman Gibson Stewart - Accused Elomar SOLICITORS : Legal Aid Commission - Accused Hasan Lawyers Corporation Ltd - Accused K Cheikho William O'Brien & Ross Hudson Solicitors - Accused M. Cheikho Michael Doughty Solicitors - Accused Jamal