Viavattene v R [2018] NSWCCA 197

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Viavattene v R [2018] NSWCCA 197 Hearing dates: 5 September 2018 Date of orders: 05 September 2018 Decision date: 05 September 2018 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL McCallum J Beech-Jones J Decision: (1) Release application dismissed. (2) Bail refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – bail – release application – bail sought pending appeal to District Court – intimidation offences – show cause – prospects of appeal – cause not shown – bail refused Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 16B(1)(h)(i), 49, 67(1)(e) Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), ss 7, 13(1), 14(1) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), s 474.17(1) Cases Cited: R v Kugor [2015] NSWCCA 14 R v Campbell [2015] NSWCCA 173 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tony MAWAD [2015] NSWCCA 227 Trinh v R [2016] NSWCCA 110 Morgan v District Court of New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 105 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tikomaimaleya [2015] NSWCA 83 R v Peter Viavattene, Supreme Court, 21 June 2018, unreported R v Peter Steven Viavattene, District Court, 30 July 2018, unreported Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Viavattene (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: In person (Applicant) C Curtis (Crown)