R v Katherine Abdallah (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 752

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Katherine Abdallah (No 7) [2018] NSWSC 752 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 23 May 2018 Decision date: 25 May 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Lonergan J Decision: (1) Order pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010, prohibiting the publication, broadcast, streaming or display of any moving or still images copied from or comprising CCTV footage that show the altercation and aftermath or any part of it between Katherine Abdallah and Suzie Sarkis between the hours of 5.50pm and 6.30pm on 9 February 2013;

(2) Order pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 prohibiting the publication, broadcast or transmission of any of an audio recording or copy of an audio recording or any part of it of the Triple-0 call tendered in evidence and played in open court in the trial by jury of Katherine Abdallah in February 2015 and again in November 2017. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – suppression order – use of CCTV footage by media outlet – CCTV in private residence – interests of family of the deceased – interests of open justice – where application for access to CCTV footage previously refused Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) ss 7, 9 Cases Cited: R v Abdallah (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 121 R v Abdallah (No 6) [2018] NSWSC 729 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Regina (Crown) Katherine Abdallah (Offender) Representation: Counsel: J Bowers (Crown) G Stanton (Offender)