R v Warwick (No.40) [2018] NSWSC 1283

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Warwick (No.40) [2018] NSWSC 1283 Hearing dates: 16 August 2018 Date of orders: 16 August 2018 Decision date: 16 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Garling J Decision: The Photogrammetry Plan of the Kingdom Hall and the copy of it admitted as Exh 68. Catchwords: EVIDENCE – admissibility of plan drawn of crime scene – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Not Applicable Cases Cited: Not Applicable Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Crown Leonard John Warwick (Accused) Representation: Counsel: K McKay / G Christofi (Crown) A R Conolly / E Ramsay (Accused)

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) A R Conolly & Co (Accused) File Number(s): 2015/222068 Publication restriction: Not Applicable

EX TEMPORE Judgment (T.1748) 1. The Crown seeks to tender a plan drawn of the Kingdom Hall at Casula after the bomb had exploded on 21 July 1985. The Accused objects to the tender. 2. Mr Sheather, the present witness, has given evidence that, in his capacity as the head of the Ballistics Unit of the NSW Police Force, he was the officer in charge of the Kingdom Hall site. He has said in evidence that amongst other investigations which he caused to be, and which were, undertaken, the Photogrammetry Unit of the NSW Police Force was summoned to the site for the purpose of preparing a plan in order to document what was to be seen at the site.