R v Dufty; R v Tisdell [2020] NSWSC 1920

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dufty; R v Tisdell [2020] NSWSC 1920 Hearing dates: 14, 15 and 16 December 2020 Date of orders: 30 December 2020 Decision date: 30 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: The offender Darcy Dufty is sentenced to imprisonment for 17 years and 3 months with a non-parole period of 12 years. The offender Andrue Maxwell Tisdell is sentenced to imprisonment for 17 years and 3 months with a non-parole period of 12 years. Catchwords: CRIME — sentencing — murder — following pleas of guilty — where some facts of the offending are disputed — where disputed facts rest on the evidence of one witness — consideration of Murray direction — where reliability issues of witness — objective seriousness of offending — use of L-bar inflicting blunt force injuries — body dumped in forest — where offenders mutilated body — subjective factors — consideration of Bugmy principles — where finding made as to special circumstances Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 25C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 21A Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 165 Cases Cited: Barbieri v R [2016] NSWCCA 295 Bugmy v R (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Burton [2020] NSWCCA 54 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Knight v R [2006] NSWCCA 292; 164 A Crim R 126 Leach v The Queen (2007) 230 CLR 1; [2007] HCA 3 Ohanian v R [2017] NSWCCA 268 R v Alcazar [2017] NSWCCA 51 R v Murray (1987) 11 NSWLR 12 R v Yeo [2003] NSWSC 315 Smale v R [2007] NSWCCA 328 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Proceedings 2019/144528 Regina Darcy Dufty (Offender)