R v Luo; R v Liu; R v Fan; R v Bayliss [2021] NSWSC 1500

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Luo; R v Liu; R v Fan; R v Bayliss [2021] NSWSC 1500 Hearing dates: 18, 19 March 2021 Date of orders: 19 November 2021 Decision date: 19 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) Ying Cheng Luo is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 30 years with an aggregate non-parole period of 20 years. (2) Jaiyu Liu is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 28 years with an aggregate non-parole period of 19 years. (3) Ian Fan is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 22 years with an aggregate non-parole period of 16 years and 6 months. (4) Jacob Bayliss is convicted and sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment for 18 months. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – murder – shoot with intent to murder – fact finding following long trial of 6 co-accused – implications of acquittals for related offence of attempted murder – implication of acquittal of co-offender – whether contract killing – where principals not charged or called to give evidence – where quality of evidence questionable – principal witness self-serving fabricator with access to police brief – other prosecution witnesses evasive and unfavourable – analysis of whole of evidence – drug debt established – contract to kill not established –chaotic and poorly executed escapade – three firearms used – high level of objective seriousness – upper mid-range – gangster lifestyle – guns and drugs – shooting at makeshift Buddhist Temple – innocent by-stander killed – drug dealer target escaped – Sifu – Buddhist master and collector of fine wine – more than meets the eye CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – application of principle – fact finding in context of jury verdicts – alternative bases of liability – aggravating and mitigating circumstances – refusal to adopt a check-list approach to sentencing – totality – cumulation of sentences – partial concurrence – aggregate sentencing – special circumstances – parity and proportionality Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 93GA Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 25C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 5, 21A, 22A, 25D, 44, 47, 53A, 55(1)(b) Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s25(1) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 32, 38, 128, 136 Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) s 51 Cases Cited: Andary v R [2020] NSWCCA 75 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Cargnello v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2012] NSWCCA 162; (2012) 266 FLR 464 Droudis v R [2020] NSWCCA 322; (2020) 103 NSWLR 806 Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Gore v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 330; (2010) 208 A Crim R 353 Hamze v R [2006] NSWCCA 36 Jonson v R [2016] NSWCCA 286; (2016) 263 A Crim R 268 Khudadadi v R [2021] NSWCCA 259 KR v R [2012] NSWCCA 32 Mahmood v Western Australia [2008] HCA 1; (2008) 232 CLR 397 Mansour v R [2011] NSWCCA 28; (2011) 209 A Crim R 275 Milat v R; Klein v R [2014] NSWCCA 29 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70; (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 1) [2020] NSWSC 967 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 992 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 14) [2020] NSWSC 1165 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 25) [2020] NSWSC 1388 R v Al Batat & Ors (No 28) [2020] NSWSC 1452 R v Bayliss [2020] NSWDC 769 R v Feroz and Ors [2021] NSWSC 341 R v Feroz; R v Ho; R v Hoang; R v Nguyen; R v Trinh [2020] NSWSC 341 R v Henry and Ors [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v JW [2010] NSWCCA 49; (2010) 77 NSWLR 7 R v Price [2005] NSWCCA 285 R v Primmer [2020] NSWCCA 50 R v Sharma [2002] NSWCCA 142; (2002) 54 NSWLR 300 R v Spinks [2021] NSWSC 649 R v Sumpton (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 684 RPS v R [2000] HCA 3; 199 CLR 620 Tabbah v R [2019] NSWCCA 324 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 Thomson and Houlten [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 Veen v the Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Ying Cheng Luo Jaiyu Liu Ian Fan Jacob Blake Bayliss Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) R Webb (Luo) T Quilter (Fan) N Carroll (Liu) A Norrie (Bayliss)