On the evening of 15 June 2013, Sogeat “Jet” Ouch and Caine Little met in a park in Canley Vale to have a fight. Mr Little owed Mr Ouch a long outstanding debt, and the confrontation was arranged to settle the matter. Little travelled to the park with his two friends, Bill Nguyen and Jimmy Chovnlamontry…. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Criminal Law
Sex Offender Appeals Admission of Tendency Evidence
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Pierre Mol was a Sydney-based artist, who’d made quite a name for himself. Mol painted the largest mural in the southern hemisphere on the request of the Sultan of Brunei. He also painted the well-known mural in the Rocks of a 1901 photograph of Brown Bear Lane. Today, Mr Mol… Read more »
Senior Prosecutor Appointed to NSW District Court
Attorney General Mark Speakman has announced the appointment Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor Gina O’Rourke as a judge of the District Court of New South Wales. The Senior Counsel is due to be sworn in on 30th January 2018. “Ms O’Rourke is an outstanding barrister who has prosecuted more than 200 jury trials in the Supreme… Read more »
Judges Must Allow Defendants to Present Their Cases
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim At around 3.50 pm on 1 March 2015, Mr Paul Hedderman was walking down a flight of stairs at Sydney’s Town Hall station, when he noticed a man walking up in the opposite direction with a bright object shaped like a pen in his hand. The man was Andrew… Read more »
One-Punch Offender Loses Appeal
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim After hearing the news that his recently deceased father’s ashes had been misplaced, James Longworth met with friends at a bar in the Sydney CBD on 6 September 2013. The group watched a football match and drank a large amount of beer. They moved onto to another bar, where… Read more »
Gambling Addiction Does Not Lead to a Reduced Sentence
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Bruce Alan Johnston was a senior accountant for Newcrest Mining Limited, involved in the development of the Cadia East Mine. Between 1 July 2010 and 27 August 2013, Mr Johnston prepared 156 invoices in the name of Bramph Consultancy Services. But no such entity existed, and the funds were… Read more »
NSW Court Confirms that a Substantial Drug Supply Does Not Necessarily Require Prison
Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 23 August 2017, NSW Criminal Court of Appeal (NSWCCA) Justice Carolyn Simpson found that a precedent followed since the 1990 case of R versus Peter Michael Clark was a “judicially imposed constraint” which is inconsistent with the state’s prevailing sentencing legislation. Referred to as the “Clark principle,” the rule outlined that… Read more »
NSW Court Reduces Murder Sentence on Appeal
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Seth Roberts picked up Gordon Reginald Cramp at around 3 am on 21 February 2013. The pair drove to Roberts’ Werrington home, where Mr Cramp injected some ice and smoked cannabis. He’d just had an argument his partner, Rachel Sydenham, who told him to get out of the house…. Read more »
Abuse of Trust: A Significant Aggravating Factor in Indecent Assaults
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Between 23 April and 12 June 2014, Central coast physiotherapist Youngjin Jung indecently assaulted seven patients at his Ocean Beach Rd practice in Umina. Over that time, Mr Jung carried out twelve inappropriate acts upon clients with “no professional justification” for doing so. On several occasions, Mr Jung exposed… Read more »
Consenting to an Unlawful Search Will Make it Legal
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim NSW police don’t have the power to randomly search people’s vehicles. If an officer does search a vehicle, they must have a suspicion on reasonable grounds for doing so. The police powers to stop and search people and their vehicles without a warrant are contained in the Law Enforcement… Read more »
