R v Diallo & Ors (No 17) (Sentence) [2024] NSWSC 1650

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Diallo & Ors (No 17) (Sentence) [2024] NSWSC 1650 Hearing dates: 29 November, 11 and 19 December 2024 Date of orders: 20 December 2024 Decision date: 20 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) AD is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 8 years with a single non-parole period of 5 years. (2) Panashe Karise is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 10 years with a single non-parole period of 7½ years. (3) Panashe Karise is convicted with no further penalty of four traffic offences. The automatic licence disqualification for 12 months applies. (4) Ibrahima Diallo is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 7½ years with a single non-parole period of 5 years. (5) AG is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 6½ years with a single non-parole period of 4 years. (6) YA is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 6 years and 9 months with a single non-parole period of 4 years and 3 months. (7) Pursuant to ss 19(1) and 19(4) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW), the sentences of AD, AG and YA are to be served as juvenile offenders up until the offenders attain the age of 21. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – offences of violence – violent melee in a suburban street – six people stabbed – one child killed – manslaughter – attempted murder – wound with intent – animosity between groups of young men – an art form known as drill rap music – where offenders' group initiated violence by attending with knives – where victims' group emerged from house and attacked – zombie knife and golf clubs – where jury rejects proposition that joint criminal enterprise abandoned – dispute over content of joint criminal enterprise – relevance of self-defence – fact finding on sentence – finding that subjective component established but objective component rejected – relevance of extent to which conduct exceeded what was reasonable – different findings in relation to each offence – devastating impact on victims – eloquent and moving victim impact statement – subjective circumstances of offenders – requirement for stern punishment – balancing competing considerations – a place for leniency – assessment of moral culpability – different findings in each case – where one offender contended subjective factors fed into assessment of moral culpability – application of cases – submission rejected – parity and proportionality in sentencing co-offenders – different considerations – varying assessment of objective criminality – individualised justice – application for direction that three offenders serve sentences as juvenile offenders – Prosecutor chooses to oppose – direction made – special circumstances Legislation Cited: Bail Act 2013 (NSW), s 22B Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 19, 19(1), 19(2), 19(3), 19(4), 25 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 24, 27, 33, 33(1)(a) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A(2)(i), 21A(3), 44, 44(2B), 47, 53A, 54D, 54D(3) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 166 Jury Act 1977 (NSW), ss 53C, 55G Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159; (2010) 201 A Crim R 379 Britton v R [2024] NSWCCA 138 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Camilleri v R [2023] NSWCCA 106 Carr v R [2024] NSWCCA 103 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DS v R; DM v R (2022) 109 NSWLR 82; [2022] NSWCCA 156 Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297; (2014) 246 A Crim R 528 Lloyd v R [2022] NSWCCA 18 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 Newburn v R [2022] NSWCCA 139 PG v R [2017] NSWCCA 179; (2017) 268 A Crim R 61 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 R v Amati [2019] NSWCCA 193; (2019) 279 A Crim R 73 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Borja [2024] NSWSC 44 R v Butler [2024] NSWCCA 133 R v Da-Pra; Da-Pra v R [2014] NSWCCA 211 R v Diallo & Ors (No 1) [2024] NSWSC 852 R v Diallo & Ors (No 14) [2024] NSWSC 1101 R v Diallo & Ors (No 15) [2024] NSWSC 1114 R v Diallo & Ors (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 853 R v Diallo & Ors (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 877 R v Diallo & Ors (No 4) [2024] NSWSC 882 R v Diallo & Ors (No 5) [2024] NSWSC 914 R v Diallo & Ors (No 6) [2024] NSWSC 917 R v Diallo & Ors (No 7) [2024] NSWSC 978 R v Diallo & Ors (No 9) [2024] NSWSC 1084 R v Doan [2003] NSWSC 345 R v Donald William Reeves [2017] NSWSC 813 R v Eaton [2023] NSWCCA 125 R v James Henry Sargeant (1974) 60 Cr App R 74 R v Jay William Cook [2012] NSWSC 480 R v JM (sentence) [2024] NSWSC 1345 R v Lattouf (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 12 December 1996, unrep) R v MAK; R v MSK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v MR; JB and CS (young persons) (No 5) [2024] NSWSC 912 R v Quach [2002] NSWCCA 173 R v Quinlin [2021] NSWCCA 284; (2021) 293 A Crim R 253 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Smith [2012] NSWSC 38 R v Stanley (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 74 R v Thew (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 25 August 1998, unrep) R v YA [2024] NSWSC 1445 R v Zegura [2006] NSWCCA 230 Shine v R [2016] NSWCCA 149; (2016) 260 A Crim R 534 Smith v R [2015] NSWCCA 193 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247; (2018) 275 A Crim R 233 The Queen v Osenkowksi (1982) 30 SASR 212; (1982) 5 A Crim R 394 TM v R [2023] NSWCCA 185 Vaughan v R [2020] NSWCCA 3 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Prosecution) Ibrahima Diallo (Defendant) AG (Defendant) YA (Defendant) AD (Defendant) Panashe Morgan Ryan Karise (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: E Balodis (Rex) R Wilson SC (Diallo) M Avenell SC (AG) W Terracini SC KC and P Kondich (YA) B Robinson (AD) M Smith (Karise)