In the case of Cardinal George Pell, the Victorian Court of Appeal (VCA) comprising chief justice, Anne Ferguson president of the court of appeal, justice Chris Maxwell, and justice Mark Weinberg were unanimous in upholding Cardinal Pell’s conviction on counts 2 & 3 with justice Mark Weinberg dissenting on count 1 namely: “that the jury
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Search Warrants, House Searches and Arrest
Right to Silence – Say Nothing At this point, the police have arrived at your doorstep and suspect you of an offence and are about to commence their search. The search commences with you in tow showing the police officers around the house. You will be given your rights including your RIGHT TO SILENCE, which
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Revenge Porn – Legal Information For Western Australia
Revenge Porn – Criminal Offence – Distributing Intimate Images As of February 2019, it became illegal in Western Australia to distribute an image of a person engaged in a private act or an intimate image of that person without the consent of the person appearing in the image. The person giving the consent must be 16
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P-Plater Charged with Careless Driving and Found Not Guilty
An 18 year old P-Plater pleaded not guilty to careless driving. Criminal-Lawyer-Perth mounted a strong defence and after a one-day trial our client was acquitted of the charge and court costs paid by the State. The facts of the case were pretty straightforward. A young couple drove to a fast food restaurant in a northern
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Charges Discontinued, Sexual Penetration of a Child
An elderly man was charged by WA Police Child Sex Abuse Squad with multiple counts of sexually penetrating a child. The matter was listed for a 5-day trial in the WA District Court. The day before trial, the Director of Public Prosecutions discontinued all the charges. This man had endured some 18 months of extreme anxiety
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Common Assault Charges Discontinued After Successful Negotiations with Police Prosecutions
FACTS This was a case where a de-facto couple Mr X and Ms Y were walking on Roe Street in Northbridge late on a Saturday night. They had been celebrating Ms Y’s birthday at a restaurant earlier that evening. Both had been drinking alcohol but not to an extent to render them “drunk” in any
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Criminal Fraud in Western Australia
Facts – Criminal Fraud In this case, we acted for the purchaser of a commercial property valued in the region of $2.2m. The real estate agent made representations including the number of outgoings, that were substantially untrue. This is not the sort of matter usually taken on by criminal-lawyer-perth but it is was evident from
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Indecent Dealings With a Child – Acquittal after Trial
Facts Our client was charged with indecent dealings with a child over 13 years but under 16 years under section 321(4) Criminal Code. The accused was the child complainant’s step father. The child accused the step father of various touchings. The step father denied the allegations. The complainant’s mother argued with WA Police Sex Abuse
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Money Laundering in Western Australia
Monday Laundering Facts In this case a business owner and operator was tracked by Austrac making large sum cash deposits into three banks. The monies being deposited were business proceeds. AUSTRAC AUSTRAC (the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre) is Australia’s financial intelligence unit and its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator. It is this
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