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Judgment date
Case number
S141/2018
Before
Kiefel CJ, Bell, Keane, Nettle, Gordon JJ
Catchwords
Criminal law – Appeal against conviction – Question of law referred to Court of Criminal Appeal – Case stated – Destroying or damaging property – Physical element of offence – Where appellant harnessed himself to ship loader – Where ship loader shut down due to safety concerns – Where ship loader inoperable until appellant removed – Where no alteration to physical integrity of ship loader – Whether property damaged.
Words and phrases – "destroys or damages", "impairment of value", "physical derangement", "temporary functional derangement".
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) – s 195(1).