State of New South Wales v Tannous (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1862

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Tannous (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1862 Hearing dates: 16 December 2019 Date of orders: 19 December 2019 Decision date: 19 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: (1) Pursuant to section 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 ("the Act") I appoint two qualified psychiatrists and/or registered psychologists to conduct separate psychiatric and/or psychological examinations of the defendant and to furnish reports to the Supreme Court on the results of those examinations.

(2) I direct the defendant to attend those examinations.

(3) Pursuant to s 10A of the Act, the defendant is subject to an interim supervision order commencing on 28 January 2020.

(4) Pursuant to s 10C(i) of the Act, the interim supervision order is for a period of 28 days.

(5) Pursuant to s 11 of the Act, I direct that the defendant, for the period of the interim supervision order, comply with the conditions set out in the Schedule to this judgment.

(6) Access to the Court's file in respect of any document shall not be granted to a non-party without the leave of a judge of the Court, and, if any application for access is made by a non-party in respect of any document, the parties are to be notified by the Registrar so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in relation to the application for access. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – preliminary hearing – application for interim supervision order – defendant consents to making of interim supervision order – whether certain conditions proposed appropriate – debate over conditions regarding accommodation, education and employment, search and seizure, and access to pornographic material – orders made – conditions imposed Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 66C Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 5, 5B, 5I, 6, 7, 9, 10A, 10C, 11 Cases Cited: Attorney General For New South Wales v Tillman [2007] NSWCA 119 State of New South Wales v BG (Final) [2019] NSWSC 200 State of New South Wales v Kamm (Final) [2016] NSWSC 1 State of New South Wales v Steven Single [2019] NSWSC 176 State of New South Wales v Stevenson (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 492 State of New South Wales v Sturgeon (No.2) [2019] NSWSC 883 State of NSW v Holschier (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1921 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Steven James Tannous (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Bhasin (Plaintiff) N Steel (Defendant)