› Admissibility of admissions made to Police whilst in custody
› Whether custody by Police unlawful for failure to comply with Police Administration Act s 123
› Whether citizens’ arrest unlawful for failure to comply with Criminal Code s 441
› Neither arrest nor detention unlawful
› Admissions admissible
Evidence
› Admissibility and relevance
› Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act ss 98, 101
› Whether evidence of alleged charged conduct and conduct of alleged co-offender the subject of convictions in the Local Court admissible as coincidence evidence
› Lack of similarity between proposed coincidence offence and alleged offending
› Evidence not admissible as coincidence evidence due to insufficient probative value
Evidence
› Admissibility and relevance
› Whether evidence of alleged charged conduct relating to one incident cross-admissible as context evidence in relation to the other incident
› Evidence cross-admissible as context evidence to enable true understanding of accused’s motivation for alleged offending
Criminal Law
› Jurisdiction, practice and procedure
› Application to sever indictment
› Evidence cross-admissible as context evidence and, potentially, as tendency evidence
› Application not pressed
Case Details
Citation[2025] NTSC 38
CourtNTSC
JurisdictionNorthern Territory
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