The Queen v Rolfe (No 8)
[2022] NTSC 1121 Feb 2022BURNS J REASONS FOR JUDGMENT (Delivered on 22 February 2022) Introduction On 7 February 2022 I ruled inadmissible two text messages which the Crown proposed leading as part of the evidence at the trial of the accused. These are my reasons for that ruling. The Crown proposed leading evidence of the following text messages found on the mobile telephone of the accused after he was arrested: (a) On 28 February 2019: “Alice Springs sucks haha The Good thing is it’s like the Wild West, fuck all rules in the job really…but it’s a shit hole. Good to start here coz of the volume of work but will be good to leave.” (b) On 30 July 2019: “We have this small team in Alice, IRT +237 more
