R v Sultani [2023] NSWSC 645

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sultani [2023] NSWSC 645 Hearing dates: 13 June 2023 Date of orders: 13 June 2023 Decision date: 13 June 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years, commencing on 9 November 2020 and expiring on 8 November 2040, with a non-parole period of 15 years commencing on 9 November 2020 and expiring on 8 November 2035. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – murder – gangland violence – sentencing exercise overtaken by events – offender serving three life sentences for subsequent murders – brutal attack on rival drug dealer – aggravating circumstances – offence in company involving use of weapons – no intention to kill – transmogrification of shy and intelligent middle child of conservative and hardworking family into a notorious gangster – determinate sentence imposed – concurrent with life sentences – sad waste of a life Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 19A Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), Pt 4 Div 1, ss 3A, 21A(2)(c), 21A(2)(e), 21A(2)(n) Cases Cited: Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Abdaly; R v Hosseinishoja (No 6) (Verdict) [2022] NSWSC 1658 R v Qaumi & Qaumi (No 12) [2017] NSWSC 134 R v Sultani; R v Munshizada; R v Baines; R v Danishyar [2021] NSWSC 1654 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex Abuzar Sultani Representation: Counsel: D Patch (Rex) M Ainsworth (Sultani)