R v Woods; R v Hayes; R v McLachlan; R v Harding; R v Farnsworth (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 545

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Woods; R v Hayes; R v McLachlan; R v Harding; R v Farnsworth (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 545 Hearing dates: 8 – 11 April 2024 Date of orders: 10 May 2024 Decision date: 10 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Yehia J Decision: Offenders sentenced see [420]-[426]. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – murder – shooting of the President of the Bandidos Western Chapter - five co-offenders –verdict after trial – factual findings on sentence following verdicts of guilty by a jury – numerous disputes as to factual findings – sentenced on the basis of a joint criminal enterprise to shoot the deceased with an intention to inflict grievous bodily harm upon him – where offenders and their associates were subject to intimidation and violence at the hands of the Bandidos – motivation for the offending reduces the objective seriousness of the offence – parity – hardship in custody – offenders sentenced Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 18(1)(a) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 25C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 22A, 21A(2)(eb), 21A(2)(c), 23(1), 28(2), 61(1) Cases Cited: BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 Charbaji v R [2019] NSWCCA 28 DH v R [2022] NSWCCA 200 DS v R; DM v R (2022) 109 NSWLR 82; [2022] NSWCCA 156 Elmir v R [2021] NSWCCA 19 Kochai v R [2023] NSWCCA 116 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51; (2008) 182 A Crim R 571 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Martinez v R [2022] NSWCCA 12 McKinnon v R [2020] NSWCCA 106 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Ooi v R [2023] NSWCCA 97 R v Eaton [2023] NSWCCA 125 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v NH [2023] NSWSC 428 R v Tangi (No 12) [2020] NSWSC 547 R v Walker [2023] NSWCCA 219 R v Williams [2005] NSWCCA 99 Rogerson v R; McNamara v R [2021] NSWCCA 160 Scott v R [2020] NSWCCA 81 Tammer-Spence v R [2013] NSWCCA 297 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Versluys v R [2008] NSWCCA 76 Texts Cited: Australian Institute of Family Studies, 'The Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse' (CFCA Paper No 11, January 2013) 23 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report (2017) vol 3, 25 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Phillip Woods (Offender) Brenton Hayes (Offender) Brendan McLachlan (Offender) Jace Harding (Offender) Brian Farnsworth (Offender) Representation: Counsel: D Scully SC (Crown) A Betts (P Woods) S Schaudin (B Hayes) S Pararajasingham (B McLachlan) J Stratton SC / H Webb (J Harding) R Keller (B Farnsworth)