Re Campbell [2025] VSC 591
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Re Campbell [2025] VSC 591
Project CitationBail application – reference to Bugmy Bar Book chapter on homelessness
Coram: Incerti J
- Application for bail by Aboriginal male charged with arson, theft and bail offences
- Referred to research material on impact of homelessness, including Bugmy Bar Book chapter – noted interplay between homelessness and overincarceration of First Nations people: at [73]-[76]
- Noted homelessness should not alone constitute unacceptable risk in consideration of bail and giving significant weight to homelessness as a factor puts Aboriginal people at a disadvantage and contributes to their overrepresentation in custody: at [77]-[79], [105]
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