A BRISBANE judge has granted "notorious" convicted triple murderer Max Sica a judge only trial to defend sex charges because has been subjected to so much adverse pre-trial media coverage.
Lawyers for Sica told the Brisbane District Court that a simple online Google search of their client's name yielded in excess of 4.5 million articles.
Barrister Sam Di Carlo, for Sica, said his client's six month trial earlier this year for the 2003 murder of Singh siblings - Neelma, 24, Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12 - was so high profile The Courier-Mail ran dedicated daily online coverage of the trial.
Judge Julie Dick on Thursday granted Sica's application for a judge only trial - saying Sica's murder case was one of the most notorious in recent Queensland legal history.
"(Sica's case) is one of the most notorious in Queensland ... (and) significant pre-trial publicity may affect jury deliberations," she said.
"There was so much adverse publicity (in respect to the Singh case)."
Lawyers for Sica and the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions submitted their arguments on the merits of the judge only application in writing before Thursday's hearing.
Judge Dick granted the application, saying the trial was scheduled to commence before Judge Michael Shanahan on November 12.
Mr Di Carlo said Sica had given him instructions he may wish to revert to a trial by jury before the proposed trial start date.
However, he said Sica wanted to discuss the matter with his family before making a decision.
Sica, 42, has yet to enter a plea to the 21 charges.
The charges include nine counts each of unlawful carnal knowledge and indecent treatment of a child under 16, two counts of rape and one of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child.
Sica, who was present for the hearing, remained silent in the dock of Court 24, but turned several times to give a reassuring smile to his mother seated in the public gallery.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
4.5m reasons for Sica's judge-only trial
Dengan url
http://semangatkonstant.blogspot.com/2012/10/45m-reasons-for-sicas-judge-only-trial.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
4.5m reasons for Sica's judge-only trial
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
4.5m reasons for Sica's judge-only trial
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar