Darren Brown (a pseudonym) v R (No 2) [2019] NSWCCA 69

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Darren Brown (a pseudonym) v R (No 2) [2019] NSWCCA 69 Hearing dates: 15 March 2019 Date of orders: 05 April 2019 Decision date: 05 April 2019 Before: Payne JA; Johnson J; N Adams J Decision: (1) Set aside the suppression orders of Culver DCJ made on 31 January 2019 and in lieu thereof order pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW): (a) the appellant shall be identified in connection with these proceedings (including all proceedings in the District Court) by the pseudonym "Darren Brown" on the grounds that this order is necessary to protect the safety of one or more persons; (b) that publication of any information: (i) tending to reveal the identity of Darren Brown, a party to these proceedings, in connection with these proceedings or in connection with the evidence given in these proceedings or in connection with information about evidence given in these proceedings; or (ii) tending to reveal the identity of Darren Brown's family in connection with these proceedings or in connection with the evidence given in these proceedings or in connection with information about evidence given in these proceedings be prohibited; (c) the paragraphs of this Court's judgment dated 21 November 2018 referred to at [40] of these reasons be redacted as described in [40]; and (d) the duration of this order be 20 years.

(2) Order (1) shall apply: (a) to all media including but not limited to print, radio, television, internet and social media; (b) anywhere in the Commonwealth; (c) until 20 years from the date of this order.