R v Crickitt [2016] NSWSC 1738

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Crickitt [2016] NSWSC 1738 Hearing dates: 26, 27, 28, 31 October 2016;1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 November 2016 Date of orders: 08 December 2016 Decision date: 08 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hoeben CJ at CL Decision: Accused guilty of the murder of Christine Crickitt. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – murder – trial by judge alone – circumstantial case – cause of death unable to be clinically established – whether circumstantial evidence established death as a result of insulin injection – verdict of guilty. Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) - s 132(2) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) – ss 79, 165(1)(a), 184 Cases Cited: Azzopardi v The Queen [2001] HCA 25; 205 CLR 50 Edwards v R [1993] HCA 63; 178 CLR 193 Green v The Queen [1971] HCA 55; 126 CLR 28 Kuehne v R; Humphries M v R; Humphries A v R [2012] NSWCCA 270 Lane v R [2013] NSWCCA 317; 241 A Crim R 321 Peacock v The King [1911] HCA 66; 13 CLR 619 Penza and Di Maria v R [2013] NSWCCA 21 R v Cook [2004] NSWCCA 52 Plomp v The Queen [1963] HCA 44; 110 CLR 234 RPS v The Queen [2000] HCA 3; 199 CLR 620 Ryan v The Queen [1967] HCA 2; 121 CLR 205 Shepherd v The Queen [1990] HCA 56;170 CLR 573 The Queen v Baden-Clay [2016] HCA 35; 90 ALJR 1013 The Queen v Hillier [2007] HCA 13; 228 CLR 618 Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions (1935) AC 462 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina Brian Kenneth Crickitt Representation: Counsel: Mr M Tedeschi AM QC/Ms G Turner – Crown Mr T Gartelmann SC/Ms L Hutchinson - Accused