State of New South Wales v Craig Anthony Turner (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 282

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Craig Anthony Turner (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 282 Hearing dates: 8 March 2019 Date of orders: 21 March 2019 Decision date: 21 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: 1. Pursuant to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) I make an interim order for the detention of the defendant for a period of 28 days commencing on 31 March 2019.

2. The proceedings are listed before me for further directions at 2.00 pm on 29 March 2019. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – Preliminary application – Where plaintiff sought an Interim Detention Order for a period of 28 days – Defendant's history of violent offending – History of non-compliance with conditions of parole – Evidence of possible schizophrenic condition – Where such condition not formally diagnosed and thus untreated – Interim Detention Order made Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the State of NSW v Tillman [2007] NSWSC 605 Cornwell v Attorney-General for NSW [2007] NSWCA 374 State of NSW v Anderson [2015] NSWSC 1515 State of NSW v Holschier [2014] NSWSC 867 State of NSW v Holschier (No.2) [2018] NSWSC 1921 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of NSW – Plaintiff Craig Anthony Turner – Defendant Representation: Counsel: P Aitken – Plaintiff S Climo – Defendant