El Khouli v R [2019] NSWCCA 146

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: El Khouli v R [2019] NSWCCA 146 Hearing dates: 24 May 2019 Date of orders: 24 May 2019 Decision date: 05 July 2019 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL; Walton J; Wilson J Decision: We confirm our judgment to dismiss the release application made by the applicant. Catchwords: BAIL – release application – special or exceptional circumstances – strength of appeal – bail refused Legislation Cited: Bail Act 1978 (NSW) Bail Act 2013 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collie, Kranz & Lovegrove v R (1991) 56 SASR 302 El-Hilli and Melville v R [2015] NSWCCA 146 Marotta v The Queen (1999) 73 ALJR 265; [1999] HCA 4 Noufl v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2018] NSWSC 1238 Obeid v R (No 2) [2016] NSWCCA 321 Peters v The Queen (1996) 71 ALJR 309 Petroulias v R [2010] NSWCCA 95 R v Velevski (2000) 117 A Crim R 30; [2000] NSWCCA 445 R v Williams [2018] NSWSC 994 Why v R [2017] NSWCCA 101 Wilson v R (1994) 34 NSWLR 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahmed El Khouli (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: M Bateman (Applicant) B Hatfield (Crown)