Director of Public Prosecutions v Hourigan [2017] NSWCCA 170

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Director of Public Prosecutions v Hourigan [2017] NSWCCA 170 Hearing dates: 14 July 2017 Date of orders: 14 July 2017 Decision date: 20 July 2017 Before: Gleeson JA; Harrison J; Fullerton J at [1] Decision: 1. Revoke bail granted on 27 June 2017. 2. Direct that the respondent be taken into custody forthwith. Catchwords: BAIL – detention application – where respondent required to show cause why his continued detention is not justified – very strong Crown case – whether respondent's severe depressive illness amounts to satisfaction of the show cause requirement Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 Mental Health Act 2007 Cases Cited: A1 v R, A2 v R [2016] NSWSC 1288 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Boatswain [2015] NSWCCA 185 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Campbell [2015] NSWCCA 173 Director of Public Prosecutions v Tony Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 Moukhallaletti v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2016] NSWCCA 314 R v BNS [2016] NSWSC 350 R v Kugor [2015] NSWCCA 14 R v McCormack [2015] NSWCCA 221 Trinh v R [2016] NSWCCA 110 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Crown (Applicant) Arron Hourigan (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cinque SC (Applicant) M Ainsworth (Respondent)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Applicant) Michael Croke & Co Solicitors (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/130917 Publication restriction: Nil