Jones v DPP [2025] NSWSC 810

• Release application for bail in relation to very serious violence offences – requirement to ‘show cause’
• Applicant gave birth to child while in remand – unsuitable for programs permitting newborns to remain with mothers while in custody due to nature of charges
• Reference to material in Bugmy Bar Book on incarceration of parents and caregivers – separation of mother and child creates extreme trauma for both and interferes with important bonding during infancy of newborn: at [11]

[15] Taking into account the delay in the case, the separation between Ms Jones and her baby, particularly as that would impact on the infant, the applicant’s lack of a record for violent offending, and the likelihood that she will be in custody well into next year, I am satisfied she has shown cause. A number of those matters are also relevant to an assessment of risk.