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References
- 1 2 3 R v Darwiche; R v El-Zeyat; R v Aouad; R v Osmanand [2006] NSWSC 1167 (10 November 2006), Supreme Court (NSW,Australia).
- 1 2 Darwiche v R; El-Zeyat v R; Aouad v R; Osman v R [2011] NSWCCA 62 (8 April 2011), Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW,Australia).
- 1 2 Aouad and El-Zeyat v R [2011] NSWCCA 61 (8 April 2011), Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW,Australia).
- ↑ R v El-Zeyat; R v Aouad [2015] NSWSC 63 (13 February 2015), Supreme Court (NSW,Australia).