R v Kaddour (No 3) [2019] NSWDC 737

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kaddour (No 3) [2019] NSWDC 737 Hearing dates: 26 March 2019, 10 May 2019, 21 June 2019, 10 July 2019, 31 July 2019, 15 November 2019 Date of orders: 15 November 2019 Decision date: 15 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bright DCJ Decision: Verdict of not guilty on all counts. Catchwords: CRIMINAL – Judge Alone Trial - judgment Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Fleming v R (1998) 197 CLR 250 R v Kaddour [2019] NSWDC 243 R v Kaddour (No 2) [2019] NSWDC 405 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Ahmed Kaddour (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr Lange for the Accused

Solicitors: Mr Whitaker for the Crown Lange Law for the Accused File Number(s): 2015/371832 Publication restriction: Nil

Judgment – JUDGE ALONE TRIAL 1. On 26 March 2019 Ahmed Kaddour (the 'accused') appeared before Gosford District Court for trial. 2. A judge alone election had been filed. The Crown consented to the trial proceeding judge alone. 3. The accused was arraigned on the following counts:

Count 1 Between the 14th day of December 2010 and the 13th day of December 2011, in Berkeley Vale in the State of New South Wales, produced a prohibited drug, namely, 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, in an amount of 24.868 kilograms, which was not less than the large commercial quantity applicable to that prohibited drug. (s24(2), Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act, 1985)