Assault Rates Drop as Young People Reduce Their Alcohol Consumption
Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The holiday season is upon us once more. It’s that time of year when everything begins to wind down and people come together with their relatives and friends to celebrate. And of course, with alcohol...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 24 December 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Officer Charged With Hacking After Leaking Address of Victim An officer who put a domestic violence victim in danger by leaking her new address...
Pensioner Imprisoned for Ongoing Drug Supply
A pensioner who sold crystal methamphetamine and heroin to his neighbours has been sentenced to a minimum term of three-and-a-half years in prison for drug supply. Mr Elefterios ‘Terry’ Skoumbourdis is an unemployed cancer survivor who set up a drug...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 December 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Commences Private Prosecution After Police Refuse to Charge her Alleged Attacker A woman has launched a private criminal prosecution after police refused to bring...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 November to 2 December 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Teacher Pleads Guilty to Persistent Sexual Abuse of Student The court heard the teacher exploited her teenage student’s ‘caring nature’, ‘stole his innocence’ and left...
Decriminalise Drug Possession: An Interview With Former AFP Commissioner Mick Palmer
Calls for reforms to the approach Australian governments take to illicit drugs are growing stronger. The idea that personal drug use and possession should be treated primarily as a health and social issue, and not a criminal offence, is starting...
Removing Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use: An Interview With Australia21’s Dr Alex Wodak
“We call on Australia’s federal, state and territory governments to treat drug use primarily as a health and social issue and to remove criminal sanctions for personal use and possession,” begins think tank Australia21’s recently released fourth report on illicit...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 November 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Political Prejudice Shapes Perceptions of Crime The political climate of a person’s late teens and early twenties shapes their perceptions of crime and criminals for...
Honest and Reasonable Mistake
Honest and Reasonable Mistake is a defence to ‘strict liability’ offences which are offences for which the prosecution does not need to prove that you acted with a level of negligence, recklessness or intent. Strict liability offences include: Speeding Drink...
Victorian Liberals Vow to Shut Down Life-Saving Injecting Facility
In what can only be described as a terribly misguided move, Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy has announced that if he wins the state election on Saturday, he’ll be shutting down the newly-opened North Richmond Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) in...