R v Qaumi & Ors (No 60) [2016] NSWSC 1160

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Qaumi & Ors (No 60) [2016] NSWSC 1160 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 Mumtaz Qaumi, Jamil Qaumi and Mohammed Kalal for directed verdicts of not guilty on counts 13 and 15 refused. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – application for directed verdict – shoot with intent to murder – accessory before the fact – principal in the third degree – extended joint criminal enterprise – where accused alleged to solicit murder of specified target – shotgun discharged at or into motor vehicle occupied by three persons – where person other than intended target injured – where uninjured person nominated in indictment – where evidence of principals did not include that they acted with intention to kill – whether case to answer – inferences available from physical evidence Cases Cited: Clayton v The Queen [2006] HCA 58; 168 A Crim R 174 Doney v The Queen [1990] HCA 51;171 CLR 207 Gillard v The Queen [2003] HCA 64; 219 CLR 1 Likiardopoulos v The Queen [2012] HCA 37; 247 CLR 265 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; 183 CLR 108 R v JMR (1991) 57 A Crim R 39 R v Phan [2001] NSWCCA 29; 53 NSWLR 480 at R v Qaumi & Ors (No 57) [2016] NSWSC 1157 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)