Australia, July 22 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 20:
1. This application is by Timothy William Meredith for a certificate pursuant to the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 in response to the outcome in the first of two trials in the District Court Dubbo conducted back-to-back. After preliminary questions were considered the first trial commenced before judge and jury on 12 June 2024 and concluded on 27 June 2024 when the jury returned with verdicts of guilty upon three counts and not guilty of the remainder. Some of these were verdicts by direction. The second trial before judge alone followed and resulted in verdicts of guilty of nine counts and not guilty of the remaining nine...