R v Nehme (No 7) [2024] NSWSC 1617

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nehme (No 7) [2024] NSWSC 1617 Hearing dates: 06, 30 September 2024, 11 November 2024 Date of orders: 16 December 2024 Decision date: 16 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: McNaughton J Decision: Mr Nehme is sentenced to imprisonment for 21 years and 6 months. The Court sets a non-parole period of 15 years commencing on 9 December 2019, and an additional term of 6 years and 6 months commencing on 9 December 2034 and ending on 8 June 2041. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – joint criminal enterprise – murder – assault with intent to rob in company – armed robbery – deceased stabbed multiple times during robbery – aggravated break and enter with intent to steal – assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company – where trial separated from co-accused – where offender was on conditional liberty at the time of the offending – where offender has limited reduced moral culpability – where offender has experienced hardship in custody – where delay in trial being heard to finality – where special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 18,19A, 97, 112 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), ss 5A, 25C Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 22A, 30E, 44, 54A, 61 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 191 Cases Cited: Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Nasrallah v R (2021) 105 NSWLR 451; [2021] NSWCCA 207 R v Chamma; R v Hicks (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1057 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; [1999] NSWCCA 111 R v Nehme (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 515 R v Nehme; R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Rizk; R v Taufahema (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 451 R v Price; R v Rahim; R v Taufahema [2024] NSWSC 1419 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Joseph Nehme (Offender) Representation: Counsel: K Ratcliffe (Crown) D Dalton SC / T Weller-Wong (Offender)