R v Ah Keni [2020] NSWSC 1848

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ah Keni [2020] NSWSC 1848 Hearing dates: 9 December 2020 Decision date: 17 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Imprisonment for 2 years and 7 months with a non-parole period of 1 year and 6 months Catchwords: CRIME - sentence - accessory after murder - "execution"-style shooting - offender married to co-offender - helped drive away co-offenders and organised escape from jurisdiction - lying to police - no criminal record - six children - good character - limited remorse - custodial sentence - discount for guilty plea - special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 3A Cases Cited: The Queen v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; [2016] HCA 48 R v Stanford, Marcus [2016] NSWSC 1174 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Analosa Ah Keni Representation: Counsel: Mr G Newton (Crown) Mr A Evers (Offender)

Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions Sydney Crime Defence and Traffic Lawyers File Number(s): 2018/69245

Judgment 1. HIS HONOUR: Ms Analosa Ah Keni is to be sentenced for an offence of being an accessory after the fact to murder. 2. The maximum penalty for this offence is imprisonment for 25 years.

The offence 1. The terms of the charge, to which Ms Ah Keni ("the offender") has pleaded guilty, is that Arthur Keleklio and Abraham Sinai murdered Ho Ledinh on 23 January 2018 at Bankstown and that from that date until 8 May 2018 she did "receive, harbour, maintain and assist" those two men, knowing that they had committed the murder. 2. There is a statement of agreed facts that has been signed by the offender and her solicitor. I have drawn the following description of what occurred from that statement.