R v Dong [2021] NSWCCA 82

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Dong [2021] NSWCCA 82 Hearing dates: 19 March 2021 Date of orders: 30 April 2021 Decision date: 30 April 2021 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Bellew J at [2]; Beech-Jones J at [3] Decision: (1) Appeal allowed; (2) Set aside the sentence imposed by Hidden AJ on 18 September 2020 and in lieu thereof sentence the respondent to a term of imprisonment of 21 years commencing on 9 June 2018 and expiring on 8 June 2039 with a non‑parole period of 15 years 8 months and a balance of term of 5 years and 4 months; (3) The respondent will be first eligible for release on parole on 8 February 2034. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Crown appeal against inadequacy of sentence — murder – House v R error - purposes of sentencing – failure to consider protection of the community from the offender – Veen (No 2) – proportionality of sentence – offender suffering mental illness – offence committed without apparent motive – manifest inadequacy – objective seriousness of offence – poor subjective case – appeal allowed – respondent resentenced Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Criminal Appeal Act 1912 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 CMB v Attorney General for the State of NSW (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DPP v Burton [2020] NSWCCA 54 Elturk v R [2014] NSWCCA 61; 239 A Crim R 584 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Manojlovic v R; R v Manojlovic [2020] NSWCCA 315 Murray v R [2019] NSWCCA 235 R v Dong [2020] NSWSC 1277 R v Edwards (No 3) [2019] NSWSC 1815 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Fantakis; R v Woods [2018] NSWSC 1700 R v Hiroki [2015] NSWSC 496 R v Ly [2018] NSWSC 197 R v Marcus John Lee [2012] NSWSC 1240 R v Qingin Chen [2010] NSWSC 64 R v Ruttley (No 7) [2017] NSWSC 1582 R v Shepherd [2020] NSWSC 141 R v Stonestreet [2020] NSWCCA 212 Roff v R [2017] NSWCCA 208 Veen (No 2) (1987) 164 CLR 465 Veen v The Queen (No 1) (1979) 143 CLR 458 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina (Appellant) Shuo Dong (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P McGrath SC; C Young (Crown) M Johnston SC (Respondent)