R v Qaumi & Ors (No 46) [2016] NSWSC 938

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 46) [2016] NSWSC 938 Hearing dates: 19 July 2016 Date of orders: 19 July 2016 Decision date: 19 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Subject to the deletion of one word from one of the medical certificates, the evidence is admissible. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – objection to evidence – evidence of increased lead levels in victim's blood – expert evidence that lead levels caused by shotgun pellets lodged in body of the victims – whether evidence speculative or reasoning circular – whether improper assumptions made - risk of infertility from lead toxicity – whether unfairly prejudicial – extent of probative value to issue of whether injuries constituted grievous bodily harm – gender balance of jury – high probative value – evidence allowed Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina Farhad Qaumi Mumtaz Qaumi Jamil Qaumi Mohammed Zarshoy Mohammed Kalal Representation: Counsel: K McKay & P Hogan (Crown) J Stratton SC & M Curry (F Qaumi) P Young SC (M Quami) N Carroll(J Quami) R Driels (Zarshoy) G Clarke (Kalal)

Solicitors: Solicitor for the NSW DPP(Crown) Archbold Legal (F Qaumi) George Sten& Co (M Quami) Bannisters Lawyers (J Quami) Zahr Lawyers (Zarshoy) Hallak Law (Kalal) File Number(s): Farhad Quami - 2014/6809; 2014/315201; 2014/315252Mumtaz Quami – 2014/6813; 2014/315251; 2014/315260Jamil Quami - 2013/336086; 2014/18164; 2014315253Mohammad Zarshoy – 2014/316236Mohammad Kalal - 2013/344739; 2014/66939 Publication restriction: No publication until the conclusion of the trial.