Koloamatangi v R; Popovic v R [2020] NSWCCA 52

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Koloamatangi v R; Popovic v R [2020] NSWCCA 52 Hearing dates: 24 September 2019 Date of orders: 01 April 2020 Decision date: 01 April 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Bell P at [384]; Price J at [385] Decision: (1) Grant the applicants leave to appeal. (2) Appeal allowed. (3) Quash the conviction of the appellants for the murder of Dragan Sekuljica and in lieu thereof enter a verdict of acquittal. (4) Pursuant to s 7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) (the Act) the following portions of the judgment be suppressed until further order on the grounds set out in s 8(1)(a), (c) and (e) of the Act: [179] second sentence; [184]-[185]; [196]-[205]; [207] third sentence, after "on the way" and before "so I just"; [210] second sentence; [211]-[219]; [220] first and second sentences; [222] first sentence after "made his first induced statement". (5) Order 4 shall apply throughout the Commonwealth. (6) Grant leave to the parties and the Commissioner of Police to make an application within 7 days to vary the suppression order. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against conviction - Miscarriage of justice – Principle of incontrovertibility – Whether evidence challenged acquittal of a non-party – Whether an abuse of process – No application of principle of incontrovertibility.

CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against conviction – Unreasonable verdict – Unreliable witnesses – Facts which required proof beyond reasonable doubt – Verdict of acquittal substituted. Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: AB v CD, EF v CD [2018] HCA 58; (2018) 93 ALJR 59 Abdallah v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 294 AJS v The Queen (2007) 235 CLR 505; [2007] HCA 27 Dickson v R [2017] NSWCCA 78 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89; [2007] HCA 22 Garrett v The Queen (1977) 139 CLR 437; [1977] HCA 67 Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] 1 AC 529 Island Maritime Ltd v Filipowski (2006) 226 CLR 328; [2006] HCA 30 Kanann v R [2006] NSWCCA 109 Lane v R [2018] HCA 28; (2018) 92 ALJR 689 Likiardopoulos v The Queen (2012) 247 CLR 265; [2012] HCA 37 Nash v R [2019] NSWCCA 124 Popovic v R; Hristovski v R; Bubanja v R; Koloamatangi v R [2016] NSWCCA 202 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Carroll (2002) 213 CLR 635; [2002] HCA 55 R v King (1985) 17 A Crim R 184 R v Koloamatangi; R v Popovic (No 6) [2017] NSWSC 1631 R v Popovic; R v Koloamatangi (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1022 Reichel v Magrath (1889) 14 App.Cas. 665 RG v R [2020] NSWCCA 17 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251; [1994] HCA 42 Shepherd v The Queen (1990) 170 CLR 573; [1990] HCA 56 Storey v The Queen (1978) 140 CLR 364; [1079] HCA 39 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378; [1993] HCA 77 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Proceedings 2012/370471 Tevi Koloamatangi (Applicant) The Crown (Respondent)