R v Wang [2020] NSWSC 1335

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wang [2020] NSWSC 1335 Hearing dates: 14 September 2020 Date of orders: 1 October 2020 Decision date: 01 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: The offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 25 years and 6 months with a non‑parole period of 19 years commencing on 18 June 2019. The offender will be first eligible for release on parole on 18 June 2038. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – murder – stabbing with intention to kill – victim was the ex‑partner of the offender – CCTV footage tendered at sentence hearing – not impulsive or spontaneous – offender diagnosed with major depressive disorder – relevance to sentence – above mid-range of objective seriousness – remorse – plea of guilty – risk of serious reoffending low but not negligible – comparable cases – sentence for murder 25 years and 6 months with non-parole of 19 years Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1990 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Betts v R [2015] NSWCCA 39 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Markarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 McKinnon v R [2020] NSWCCA 106 McLaren v R [2012] NSWCCA 284 Milat v R; Klein v R [2014] NSWCCA 29 Muldrock v R (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Mulvihill v R [2016] NSWCCA 259 R v Cadman [2019] NSWSC 634 R v Cullen [2015] NSWSC 768 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Greentree [2019] NSWSC 1642 R v Hejabian [2016] NSWSC 1692 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Koosmen [2004] NSWCCA 359 R v Mulligan [2016] NSWCCA 47 R v Mulvihill [2014] NSWSC 443 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v Serutawake [2014] NSWSC 1762 R v Tsiarias [1996] 1 VR 398 R v Villaluna [2017] NSWSC 1398 R v Wang [2020] NSWSC 1255 R v Williams [2005] NSWCCA 99 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Crown) Zixi Wang (Offender) Representation: Counsel: C Taylor (Crown) A Bellanto QC; C Lin (Offender)