Castle v R [2016] NSWCCA 148

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Castle v R [2016] NSWCCA 148 Hearing dates: 1 March 2016 Date of orders: 03 August 2016 Decision date: 03 August 2016 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Hall J at [60]; R A Hulme J at [101] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – conviction – detaining without consent with intent to obtain advantage in company, s 86 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – whether misdirection regarding content of recklessness – whether inadvertent recklessness satisfies mens rea for the offence of kidnapping Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61A, 61D, 61L, 61R, 86, 90A Criminal Damage Act 1971 (UK) s 1, 2 Malicious Damage Act 1861 (UK) Cases Cited: AM v R [2011] NSWCCA 237 Banditt v The Queen [2005] HCA 80; 224 CLR 262 DJB v R; R v DJB [2007] NSWCCA 209 Fitzgerald v Kennard (1995) 38 NSWLR 184 Jackson v R [2005] NSWCCA 411 O'Sullivan v R; Flanders v R; Tohu v R & NRH v R [2012] NSWCCA 45; 233 A Crim R 449 R v Caldwell [1982] AC 341 R v Crabbe [1985] HCA 22; 156 CLR 464 R v Cunningham [1957] 2 QB 396 R v Daly [1968] VR 257 R v DMC [2002] NSWCCA 513; 137 A Crim R 246 R v G [2003] UKHL 50; [2004] 1 AC 1034 R v Hemsley (1988) 36 A Crim R 334 R v Henning (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 11 May 1990, unrep) R v Kitchener (1993) 29 NSWLR 696 R v Lawrence [1982] AC 510 R v Mitton [2002] NSWCCA 124; 132 A Crim R 123 R v Morgan [1976] AC 182 R v Mueller [2005] NSWCCA 47; 62 NSWLR 476 R v O'Meagher (1997) 101 A Crim R 196 R v Porteus [2003] NSWCCA 18 R v Reid [1992] 1 WLR 793 R v Stephenson [1979] QB 695 R v Tolmie (1995) 37 NSWLR 660 R v Tyrone Chishimba, Tyrone Chishimba v R; Likumbo Makasa v R, R v Likumbo Makasa; Mumbi Peter Mulenga v R, R v Mumbi Peter Mulenga [2010] NSWCCA 228 South v R [2007] NSWCCA 117 Texts Cited: Peter Gillies, Criminal Law (4th ed 1997, LBC Information Services) David Brown et al, Criminal Laws (5th ed 2011, The Federation Press) Courtney Stanhope Kenny, Outlines of Criminal Law (1902, Cambridge University Press) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Brendan Joel Castle (Appellant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Healy (Appellant) H Baker (Respondent)