NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sione; R v Dawson [2024] NSWSC 378 Hearing dates: 19 February 2024 - 14 March 2024 Date of orders: 15 April 2024 Decision date: 15 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: R A Hulme AJ Decision: Verdicts of guilty of murder for each accused Catchwords: CRIME – murder – specially aggravated kidnapping – judge alone trial –extremely violent bashing of 16-year-old in two phases by multiple assailants – multiple bases of liability alleged – witness credibility issues – consistent theme supported by objective evidence – murder proved for one accused and conceded by other – defence of substantial impairment by cognitive impairment not established Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 18(1)(a), 23A, 86(3), 428B, 428C Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 38 and 141(2) Cases Cited: Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Sione; R v Dawson [2023] NSWSC 1594 The Queen v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Crown) Richard Sione (Accused) Kayla Dawson (Accused) Representation: Counsel: P Hogan (Crown) T Ramrakha (Accused Sione) P Johnson (Accused Dawson)
Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Malouf Criminal Lawyers (Accused Sione) Aaron Legal (Accused Dawson) File Number(s): 2021/298703; 2021/225943 Publication restriction: Nil.
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