Hussein Ghamrawi v R; Khaled Ghamrawi v R; Mustapha Ghamrawi v R; Omar Ghamrawi v R [2017] NSWCCA 195

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hussein Ghamrawi v R; Khaled Ghamrawi v R; Mustapha Ghamrawi v R; Omar Ghamrawi v R [2017] NSWCCA 195 Hearing dates: 4 August 2017;1 September 2017 (written submissions) Decision date: 22 September 2017 Before: Leeming JA at [1]; Bellew J at [104]; Lonergan J at [105] Decision: In each of proceedings 2014/306102; 2014/306031; 2014/306071; 2014/306087,

1. Grant leave to appeal and allow the appeal. 2. Quash the conviction for the offence contrary to s 112(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 of aggravated break enter and commit a serious indictable offence. 3. The proceedings be remitted to the District Court for retrial. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeals against conviction - break and enter dwelling house and commit serious indictable offence - Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 112 - meaning of "break" - whether "constructive break" occurred when person enters dwelling house pursuant to permission gained without trick or threat or artifice but with intent to commit serious indictable offence - relationship of s 112 with burglary at common law - relationship of s 112 with other cognate provisions - appeals allowed and convictions quashed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Home Invasion) Amendment Act 1994 (NSW), sch 1 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 59, 61, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114 Crimes Amendment Act 2007 (NSW), sch 1 Crimes and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1974 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Appeal Rules, r 4 Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld), ss 22, 418, 419, 420 Criminal Law Amendment Act 1883 (NSW) (46 Vic No 17), ss 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 Imperial Criminal Acts Adoption Act 1828 (NSW) (9 Geo IV No 1) Larceny Act 1861 (Eng) (24 & 25 Vic c 96) Larceny Consolidation Act 1827 (Eng) (7 & 8 Geo IV c 29) Cases Cited: Barker v The Queen (1983) 153 CLR 338; [1983] HCA 18 Clarke v Commonwealth 25 Gratt 908; 66 Va 613 (1874) Environment Protection Authority v Schon G Condon as liquidator for Orchard Holdings (NSW) Pty Ltd (in liq) (2014) 86 NSWLR 499; [2014] NSWCA 149 Galea v R (1989) 1 WAR 450 Marks-Vincenti v The Queen [2015] VSCA 54 R v Boyle [1954] 2 QB 292 R v Collins [1973] 1 QB 100 R v Dugan [1984] 2 NSWLR 554 R v Germakian (2007) 70 NSWLR 467; [2007] NSWCCA 373 R v Holliday [2017] HCA 35 R v Jones [1976] 3 All ER 54 R v Rigney [1996] Qd R 551 R v Shillingsworth [2003] NSWCCA 272 R v Stanford (2007) 70 NSWLR 474; [2007] NSWCCA 370 R v Waine [2006] 1 Qd R 458; [2005] QCA 312 R v Walker (1978) 19 SASR 532 R v Wenmouth (1860) 8 Cox CC 348 R v Williams [1988] 1 Qd R 289; (1986) 21 A Crim R 460 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (2012) 248 CLR 42; [2012] HCA 16 Spies v The Queen (2000) 201 CLR 603; [2000] HCA 43 Tabe v The Queen [2005] HCA 59; 225 CLR 418 Texts Cited: "The Rationale for the Law of Burglary" 51 Columbia Law Review 1009 (1951) Archbold's Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell, 35th Ed, 1962) Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, (Oxford University Press, 2003), vol 6 Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Vol IV (Oxford University Press, 2016 reprint) H Cockshott and S Lamb, Statutes of New South Wales Vol IV Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown, (1800), Vol I M Weinberg and C Williams, The Australian Law of Theft (Law Book Company, 1977) G Woods, A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales: The Colonial Period 1788-1900 (Federation Press, 2002) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hussein Ghamrawi (applicant in 2014/306102) Khaled Ghamrawi (applicant in 2014/306031) Mustapha Ghamrawi (applicant in 2014/306071) Omar Ghamrawi (applicant in 2014/306087)