A recent decision by the New South Wales Court of Criminal
Appeal has raised eyebrows over the finding that official court
records relating to a
sentencing hearing were amended well after the case had
been finalised to suggest the presiding judge had taken into
account the defendant's early plea of guilty, when in fact it
appears he had done no such thing.
The judgment has shaken the NSW legal profession –
with some speculating the subsequent amendments were made to
cover-up the judge's failure to provide the defendant with
a
sentencing discount for his early guilty plea.
The Case
The case in question is
Borri v R [2023] NSWCCA 166, for which the judgment was
published on Friday, 30 June 2023.
