R v Sparos (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 307

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sparos (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 307 Hearing dates: 8 March 2018 Date of orders: 13 March 2018 Decision date: 13 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: N Adams J Decision: (1) The civilian Crown witness who has provided a statement in these proceedings under the pseudonym "Witness E", dated 31 August 2017 ("the witness"), be allocated the pseudonym "Witness E".

(2) The witness be referred to by the said pseudonym during the course of these proceeding, during the course of any other or further interlocutory proceedings conducted in connection with these proceedings, and for all other purposes of these proceedings.

(3) The order sought in Order 2 does not operate to prevent reference being made during the course of the proceedings to the true identity of the witness:

(a) for the purpose of determining any legal or procedural matter where the true identity of the witness is in issue;

(b) for the purpose of another witness in the proceedings identifying a person about whom he or she is giving evidence;

(c) for the purpose of the Court and/or the legal representatives of the Crown and the defence identifying the witness to any other witness in the proceedings; and

(d) as might otherwise be necessary for the proper conduct of the proceedings.

(4) The true identity of the witness be suppressed until further order of the Court pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 ("the Act"), together with any evidence, submission, discussion, document or information that might facilitate identification of the true identity of the witness, on the following grounds: