Plassaras v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCCA 218

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Plassaras v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWCCA 218 Hearing dates: 5 October 2018 Date of orders: 05 October 2018 Decision date: 05 October 2018 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Johnson J at [2]; R A Hulme J at [3] Decision: Bail application refused Catchwords: APPEALS – application for bail – applicant charged with armed robbery offences – applicant on bail at time of offences – show cause offence – reasonably strong Crown case – applicant contended bail necessary for him to care for his mother – applicant's mother diagnosed with dementia, diabetes and lung disease – applicant with long criminal record and multiple breaches of bail – paucity of evidence as to need for applicant to care for his mother – cause not shown. Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), ss 16A, 16B, 17, 67, 74, 75 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 98 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Campbell [2015] NSWCCA 173 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tony Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227 R v Kugor [2015] NSWCCA 14 Trinh v R [2016] NSWCCA 110 Viavattene v R [2018] NSWCCA 197 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Nicholas Plassaras (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant self-represented Ms C Curtis (Respondent)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions File Number(s): 2018/248298