R v Qaumi & Ors (No 58) [2016] NSWSC 1158

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 58) [2016] NSWSC 1158 Hearing dates: 4 April – 18 August 2016 (evidence), 18 – 19 August 2016 (submissions) Date of orders: 22 August 2016 Decision date: 22 August 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Applications by Farhad Qaumi and Mumtaz Qaumi for a directed verdict of not guilty on count 18 are refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – application for directed verdict – whether evidence capable of establishing charge – joint criminal enterprise – bungled enterprise – Little Crazy's mother – gangland war – Brothers for Life – whether crime actually committed part of agreed criminal enterprise – where accused allegedly directed shooting of one townhouse – where shooter shoots a person and a different townhouse in the same townhouse complex – whether original criminal enterprise came to an end – where Crown case weak or tenuous – limited power to direct a verdict of not guilty Cases Cited: Doney v The Queen [1990] HCA 51; 171 CLR 207 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; 183 CLR 108 R v JMR (1991) 57 A Crim R 39 R v Qaumi & Ors (No 57) [2016] NSWSC 1157 R v Qaumi & Ors (No 59) [2016] NSWSC 1159 R v Qaumi & Ors (No 60) [2016] NSWSC 1160 R v R (1989) 18 NSWLR 74 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)