District Court of WA|2025-07-28

For the reasons I have outlined, I am satisfied it would cause a miscarriage of justice if the convictions entered on 17 February 2025 in this court were not set aside.
Pursuant to s 99(5)(b) of the CPA I enter pleas of not guilty on the applicant's behalf.

I certify that the preceding paragraph(s) comprise the reasons for decision of the District Court of Western Australia.

[1] The charge of aggravated burglary particularised the offence committed within Mr Krone's home as being an aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm. Count 2 on the indictment particularises the offence committed within Mr Krone's home as being an assault. Neither party sought to make any significance of this difference.

[2] ts 6. Regrettably the transcript does not record the applicant's pleas of guilty. However, neither party raised this as an issue.

[4] The applicant's application dated 10 March 2025 (the Application).

[20] The State of Western Australia v Ng [2025] WADC 42 (Ng).

[21] Corica v Throssell [2012] WASC 393 [45] (McKechnie J).

[23] Birch v The State of Western Australia [2017] WASCA 19 [117] (Buss P) (Birch).

[24] The State of Western Australia v Williams [2018] WADC 68 [20].

[25] Birch [258] (Mitchell JA).

[26] Vella v The State of Western Australia [2006] WASCA 129.

[28] Glover v Reyne [2001] WASCA 305.

[29] Liberti v The Queen (1991) 55 A Crim R 120.

[30] Pilkington v The Queen [1955] TASStRp 11; [1955] Tas SR 144; Wright v McMurchy [2012] WASCA 257.

[98] Hough v The State of Western Australia [2018] WASCA 20 [34] (Hough).

[99] District Court transcript, 22 June 2016, in the matter of The State of Western Australia v Hough, pages 15 and 54 (O'Neal DCJ).

[120] PE 26856 of 2024 being an offence against s 401(2)(a) of the Criminal Code (WA) where the summary conviction penalty does not apply.

[127] Pre-sentence report, undated, page 1.

[130] Snook v The State of Western Australia [No 2] [2015] WASCA 29 [104] (Snook).

[131] Lim v Bateman [2001] WASCA 307 [41].

[132] Meissner v The Queen [1995] HCA 41; (1995) 184 CLR 132 (Meissner).

[134] Rerekura v The State of Western Australia [2019] WADC 16 [77].

[135] The State of Western Australia v Matahiki [2020] WADC 33.

[137] Wilhelm v The State of Western Australia [2013] WASCA 188 [51] (Mazza JA) (Wilhelm).

[138] Windie v The State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 61 (Windie).

THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA -v- NEWPORT [2025] WADC 46 (28 July 2025)

Birch v The State of Western Australia [2017] WASCA 19

Corica v Throssell [2012] WASC 393

Glover v Reyne [2001] WASCA 305

Hough v The State of Western Australia [2018] WASCA 20

Lim v Bateman [2001] WASCA 307

Meissner v The Queen [1995] HCA 41; (1995) 184 CLR 132

Rerekura v The State of Western Australia [2019] WADC 16

Snook v The State of Western Australia [No 2] [2015] WASCA 29

The State of Western Australia v Matahiki [2020] WADC 33

The State of Western Australia v Ng [2025] WADC 42

The State of Western Australia v Williams [2018] WADC 68

Vella v The State of Western Australia [2006] WASCA 129

Wilhelm v The State of Western Australia [2013] WASCA 188

Wright v McMurchy [2012] WASCA 257

Birch v The State of Western Australia

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THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA -v- NEWPORT [2025] WADC 46 (28 July 2025)