NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : R v El Masri (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 1327
HEARING DATE(S) : 3/11/2010, 4/ll/2010, 5/11/2010, 8/11/2010, 9/11/2010, 10/11/2010, 11/11/2010, 12/11/2010, 15/11/2010, 16/11/2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
DECISION : Jury directed to enter verdicts of acquittal.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Application by accused for verdicts of acquittal by direction - charges of murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm - significant gaps in Crown case - inferences upon which finding of guilt could be made not available to jury - a finding of guilt would involve speculation not inference - jury directed to enter verdicts of acquittal.
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207 CASES CITED : JMR (1981) 57 A Crim R 39 R v PL [2009] NSWCCA 256 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74
PARTIES : Crown Rami - El Masri - Accused
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2009/00158044
COUNSEL : Mr TR Bailey - Crown Mr T Hoyle SC - Accused
SOLICITORS : Director of Public Prosecutions - Crown Aquila Lawyers - Accused
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION
HOEBEN J
Friday, 19 November 2010
2009/00158044 – R v Rami El MASRI (No 2)
JUDGMENT 1 HIS HONOUR: Nature of Application The accused was indicted in respect of two offences: (1) On 14 December 2008 at Homebush in the State of New South Wales did murder Mohammed Omar.
(2) On 14 December 2008 at Homebush in the State of New South Wales did wound Mahmoud Omar with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate