R v Thomas
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R v Thomas was an Australian court case decided in the Victorian Court of Appeal on 18 August 2006. It concerned the conviction in February 2006 of Joseph Thomas (nicknamed "Jihad Jack" in the media) on terrorism-related charges, specifically receiving funds from Al Qaeda. The appeal revolved around the admissibility of a confession Thomas made during an interrogation in Pakistan in 2003. The court found that the evidence, which was crucial to Thomas' convictions, was inadmissible because it had not been given voluntarily. The court accordingly quashed his convictions, but after further hearings ordered on 20 December 2006 that he be retried rather than acquitted.
R v Thomas | |
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Court | Court of Appeal of Victoria |
Full case name | The Queen v Joseph Terrence Thomas |
Decided | 18 August 2006 |
Citation(s) | [2006] VSCA 166 |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | DPP v Thomas [2006] VSC 120 (trial) |
Subsequent action(s) | R v Thomas (No 2) [2006] VSCA 166 (adjournment of further proceedings); R v Thomas (No 3) [2006] VSCA 300 (order for retrial) |
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Judge(s) sitting | Maxwell P, Buchanan & Vincent JJA |
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