A Sydney judge, Penelope Wass, is ordered to step aside from a series of criminal cases after a bid by the state’s top prosecutor.
The court action is brought by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which seeks the judge’s removal from particular matters. The outlets report that the prosecutor’s application succeeds, resulting in orders affecting multiple proceedings.
All three sources describe the same outcome and parties: Judge Wass, the Sydney court, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. They do not add different factual details about the underlying allegations in the cases, the legal grounds cited, or the scope of which matters are impacted beyond the reference to “a series of criminal cases.”
