State of New South Wales v Anthony Joseph Russell [2015] NSWSC 488

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Anthony Joseph Russell [2015] NSWSC 488 Hearing dates: 23 April 2015 Date of orders: 01 May 2015 Decision date: 01 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adams J Decision: (1)Pursuant to section 10A of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, an Interim Supervision Order be imposed for a period of 28 days commencing on 23 June 2015 at 4pm. (2)Pursuant to section 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006: (a)Jeremy O'Dea and Richard Furst are appointed to conduct separate examinations of the defendant and furnish reports in respect of those examinations to this Court by 15 June 2015; (b)The defendant is directed to attend those examinations. (3)The reports are to be supplied to the solicitors for the plaintiff and the defendant. (4)Copies of the reports prepared by Mr Samson Roberts, Mr Anthony Samuels and Mr Bruce Westmore in respect of the defendant for the purposes of proceedings SC 2009/13574 may be provided to the parties, Psychology Services of Corrective Services NSW and the experts appointed under Order 1. (5)Access to the court file in respect of any document shall not occur without the leave of a judge of the court. Any application for access made by a non-party in respect of any document is to be brought to the attention of the parties by the Registrar. The parties are to be given the opportunity to be heard on access before leave is granted. Catchwords: INTERIM SUPERVISION ORDERS – Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 – Unacceptable risk if not supervised – Reasonable conditions – Appointment of psychiatrists Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General (NSW) v Hayter [2007] NSWSC 983 Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWCA 119 State of New South Wales v Brookes [2008] NSWSC 150 State of New South Wales v Richardson (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 276 State of New South Wales v Thomas (Preliminary) [2011] NSWSC 118. Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Anthony Joseph Russell (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Hammond (Plaintiff) Mr H White (Defendant)