Assignment title: Information


On 3 November 2014 at 2 pm, Matthew Perkins was walking on a pedestrian crossing in Market Street in Newcastle, when he was run over by a Holden 379. Perkins was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital, received medical treatment, but died three days later as a consequence of the wounds.On November 7, the prosecutor of the competent District Court started criminal investigations for involuntary manslaughter against Mark Heat, the owner of the Holden 379, and the matter subsequently proceeded to trial.At trial, on May 5, the prosecutor tendered a USB flash drive found in the house of Mr Heat, including a Word document with the following statement: 'I was not at Market Street in Newcastle on 3 November 2014, I have to tell Ms Kellog she should testify I was with her in Sydney on that day'. The prosecutor also produced a police record of a statement by Albert Abbey, declaring he saw the accident and stating that a blond tall man (a description matching the physical features of Mark Heat) was driving a Holden 379 at the time and place of the accident at a speed of around 80 km/h, well above the prescribed limit of 40 km/h. Mr Abbey passed away on April 23.At the subsequent hearing of May 30, the Defendant produced a statement released by Paul Abbot to the same police officer as Mr Abbey, declaring he saw the accident too and the Holden 379 was driven by a short man with black hair at a speed of around 35 km/h at the time of the accident. Unfortunately, Mr Abbot had a stroke three days prior to the hearing and is since then permanently affected by dementia.On June 7, the defense received an anonymous Polaroid photo of Mr Abbey drinking hard in a pub at Connelly street in Sydney at 2 pm on November 3, and tendered it as evidence at the subsequent hearing of June 21. At the same hearing, the prosecutor produced a statement released by Ms Barber on June 1, affirming that a blond tall man was driving a Holden 379 at 2 pm on 30 March 2015 at the place of the accident. Ms Barber was called to testify as a witness. On the same date, the prosecutor tendered evidence of a previous statement by Ms Dixon, who had also been called as a witness, declaring she was at the place of the accident at 3 pm on May 30 and heard Mr Harmon saying he saw a blond tall man driving a Holden 379 at the place of the accident at 2 pm on 30 March 2015.Provide advice on the nature, relevance and admissibility of each piece of evidence tendered at trial.