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ATTACHMENTS MFI 5 Royal Prince Donald Hospital, Sydney Records Dept, extract Patient: Vincent Victor, inpatient number RPDH 654321, 6™ January 2019 Vincent Victor (VV), male, 35 yo, Caucasian, smoker assessed by me. Admitted by ambulance with o/d [overdose] at 11.08 am on 19 December 2018. VV had taken an unknown quantity of alcohol and drugs, apparently the illicit drug ‘ice’ and the prescription drug Valium. A syringe was found at VV’s home by the AO [ambulance officers]. VV was unable to open his eyes wide enough for an assessment upon arrival in emergency. V'V reported to me that he has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Multiple Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. He told Dr Furphy that he is currently taking anti-psychotic medications by depot [that is, long-lasting] injection and anti-depressant medications. His symptoms include delusional thoughts, hallucinations, hearing voices, bad concentration, bad memory and poor energy. He said that some of his memories and perceptions could be affected by his mental health, and that sometimes he does not know what is happening because another personality comes out. Prescribed mild sedative. In the early hours of 20 December 2018, between 3.00 am and 5.00 am, VV absconded from hospital with his belongings. (illegible signature) Dr Psychiatrist Specialist (consultant, RPDH) 7|Page
MF1 22 [taken from AA’s phone as a screen shot] e0000 Sprint LTE 15:34 PM 26% M < Messages [N Details A []' Q'{e] 222222 Ity BB oievosthessige com Send MFI 21 GOVERNMENT NSW Police Force This statement made by me accurately sets out the evidence that | would be prepared, if necessary, to give in court as a witness. The statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and | make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, | will be liable to prosecution if | have wilfully stated in it anything that | know to be false, or do not believe to be true. 1. My name is Will Whisky and | live at 456 Rosella Crescent, Mortlake. 2. Upuntil a fire in the house, | lived in the same house as VV and AA for about six months. 3. During this time the relationship between AA and VV was unhealthy. AA was constantly fearful of VV who would attack AA for no reason. This meant they would often fight, and on occasions these fights were physical. | never directly observed these fights but could clearly hear what was being said and what was going on when | was upstairs. 4. On one occasion in November 2018, | saw VV push AA out of the way in the lounge room. On another, AA threw a mug of hot coffee at VV while they were in the kitchen. | cannot remember exactly when these happened, but | think it was in October 2018. 5. Early on the morning, | was sitting in the kitchen. VV was in the lounge room. | saw someone standing outside trying to open the back door. | was frightened and called out to VV to run. 6. Iran through the house and left by the front door. 8|7P'age
Signed William Whiskey 6 January 2019 MFI 6 NSW Police Force EXPERT CERTIFICATE s 177 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) In the matter of: R v AA (District Court of NSW) Place Statement Made: Sydney, NSW Date: Name: Frank Foxtrot Work Address: Sydney Central Police Building Work Telephone: 02— 9876 5432 Occupation: Sergeant, Police Fire Inspector and Scene of Crime Officer Fire Investigation Branch, Parramatta STATES: 1. This statement made by me accurately sets out the evidence I would be prepared to give, if called, in court. The statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, I will be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully stated anything that I know to be false, or do not believe to be true. My name is Frank Foxtrot and I am a Sergeant with NSW Police. I work in the Fire Investigation Branch (FIB) in Parramatta and have worked there since 2008. Since 2018, I have been acting Deputy Manager. In the FIB I operate the Fire Canine Division. During my time with the FIB I have been trained to identify the main causes of fires and to distinguish between accidentally and deliberately lit fires. I also led the introduction of dogs into NSW Police fire investigations. ‘Fire dogs’ are specially trained canines used by police fire investigation to provide insight into the cause of fires. They might be compared to airport drug (or sniffer) dogs, except they locate fuels used to start fires rather than drugs. The dogs used by the FIB are selected at about 1 year of age. They are then trained for a period of about 12 months, by regular exposure to a range of flammable liquids (sometimes described as accelerants or fire starters). These are liquids regularly used to start fires, especially illegal fires. The NSW fire dogs are usually trained to detect petrol, turpentine, kerosene, lighter fluid and methylated spirits. Following training, they are taken to the aftermath of fire scenes and they are relied upon to locate flammable liquids where they are present. Fire dogs signal their handlers to indicate the presence of flammable liquids. On the morning of 31 December 2018, I was called to a house fire at 456 Rosella Crescent, Mortlake. When I arrived at 6.05 am the house was on fire and the NSW Fire Brigade was in attendance. I attended with Canine 003 (‘Hot Dog’). At approximately 8.00 am, after the fire had been extinguished, I unleashed Hot Dog at several points around the bumnt premises in order to ascertain if the fire had been deliberately lit. Hot Dog is trained to recognise the presence of petrol, turpentine and methylated spirits. At the scene she only gave a weak, or half-hearted, signal and as a result I did not collect any samples from the debris. From Hot Dog’s reaction, I was initially satisfied that the cause of the fire was 9|Page
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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. more likely than not an accident or unascertained. It might have been from an electrical fault or a cigarette, but I could not ascertain a likely cause. After I had surveyed the site with Hot Dog and made preliminary notes, a male who introduced himself as Vince Victor, said he was the owner of the house and asked me a series of questions about the scene and the investigation. He asked how the fire started and whether insurance companies normally pay quickly after house fires. While I was speaking to Mr Victor, and without prompting from me, Hot Dog began to sniff and then signal in relation to the jeans Mr Victor was wearing. In response to this signal, I asked Mr Victor if he had recently been painting with oil paints and turpentine or filled his car with petrol. At that point Mr Victor became angry, indicated that he was frightened by dogs and asked me to remove Hot Dog from his yard. He also became evasive and began to move away. As he left, he said he needed to find his pet cat. My impression was that Mr Victor was intoxicated. 1 believe he was probably on methamphetamine at the point when we were speaking. I base that impression on his demeanour. I have been a police officer since 2000 and spent my first 18 months out from the Police Academy in Kings Cross. There, as a beat police officer, I routinely dealt with a variety of drug addicts. In terms of his behaviour, Mr Victor was speaking quickly, making rapid movements with his arms, and would not maintain eye contact with me. My experience is that individuals on methamphetamine cannot be trusted and they often become angry and agitated when they are confronted by something that makes them feel guilty. They also experience great difficulty recollecting events that occur when they are high. I think Mr Victor was lying about not having any contact with flammable liquids. I think his agitated state was partly a response to the drugs and partly a response to the fact that he had a flammable liquid on his jeans. I was distrustful of Mr Victor because of Hot Dog’s strong response. It is my belief that Mr Victor had petrol on his jeans. From the way Hot Dog was jumping and barking, I believe it was probably unleaded. Having petrol on his jeans would explain his apparent deception, unease and interest in leaving the scene. The petrol would also explain the questions he posed on my first encounter. Mr Victor did not initially appear apprehensive about the presence of Hot Dog. I have observed this kind of behaviour before when Hot Dog has identified flammable liquids at other suspicious fire scenes. Owners with insurance policies can become quite anxious. Many are unwilling to speak to me or answer any questions I might have for them. At no point did Hot Dog or I encounter a cat on the morning of the fire. In the last two years I’ve been to quite a few house fires where drug addicts were convicted of lighting them for insurance payouts. I’ve testified in several trials. I have provided reports in approximately 200 fire investigations. I have appeared in the District and Supreme Courts on 11 occasions where arson was being prosecuted and secured convictions on each of those occasions. I would be prepared to testify to the evidence in this statement and can bring Hot Dog along to any trial to demonstrate Hot Dog’s- abilities to the trial judge and jury. I have read the Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses and agree to be bound by it. Signed: Frank Foxtrot Date: 6 January 2019 10|Page
ONUINE MODOLE / cLrsS GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF LEGAL ETHICS & CORNELL LAW SCHOOL LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES Philosophical Legal Ethics: An Affectionate History David J. Luban* & W. Bradley Wendel** *Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 30, 2017 **Cornell Law School Research Paper No. 17-12 This paper can be downloaded without charge from: The Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2913108