R v Qaumi & Ors (No 9) [2016] NSWSC 171

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 9) [2016] NSWSC 171 Hearing dates: 29 February – 1 March 2016 Date of orders: 07 March 2016 Decision date: 07 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) For the purposes of these proceedings, including any other or further interlocutory applications conducted in connection with these proceedings, the proposed Crown witnesses who have given statements under the identifying pseudonym letters "A" to "L" inclusive (collectively referred to in these orders as "the witnesses"), shall each be referred to by the name recorded hereunder beside each said pseudonym letter (collectively, the "witnesses' names"): (a) Witness A (b) Witness B (c) Witness C (d) Witness D (e) Witness E (f) Witness F (g) Witness G (h) Witness H - Michael Odisho; (i) Witness I (j) Witness J (k) Witness K (l) Witness L

(2) The names of the witnesses referred to in Order (1) be suppressed until further order of the Court pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Act 2010 (NSW), together with any evidence, submission, discussion, document or part thereof and information that might facilitate the identification of the witnesses names, on the following grounds: (i) the order is necessary to prevent prejudice to the proper administration of justice; (ii) the order is necessary to protect the safety of the witnesses; (iii) the order is necessary in the public interest.