NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Jones [2019] NSWDC 655 Hearing dates: 4 November 2019, 7 November 2019 Decision date: 07 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler DC DCJ Decision: Trial date vacated. Matter fixed for fitness hearing - see [23] to [25]. Catchwords: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Trial - Sexual offence proceedings — Adjournment - unfitness to be tried - issue genuinely raised
MENTAL HEALTH - Practice and procedure - unfitness to be tried issue genuinely raised - procedural fairness Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Mental Health (Forensic Procedure) Act 1900 Bail Act 2013 Cases Cited: R v Presser [1958] VR 45 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Gary Jones (the accused - a pseudonym) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Solicitors: Mr B Peterson, RMB Lawyers (for the offender) Mr D Coulton, Solicitor Advocate (for Director of Public Prosecutions) File Number(s): 2018/00320930 Publication restriction: Pseudonyms have been used for the names of the accused and the complainants who were at the relevant times children. Pursuant to s15A Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 and s578A Crimes Act 1900, there is to be no publication of any information, picture or other material that identifies or is likely to lead to the identification of the child victim. Identifying information has been removed from this version of the judgment to comply with the statutes
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