R v Hasapis [2025] NSWSC 121

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hasapis [2025] NSWSC 121 Hearing dates: 17-21 February 2025 Date of orders: 27 February 2025 Decision date: 27 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: N Adams J Decision: The accused is guilty of the murder of Sean Froggatt. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Murder – trial by judge alone – verdict – where deceased was assaulted by accused and died from head injuries – where accused denies that he intended to inflict grievous bodily harm on the deceased – where accused admits he is guilty of manslaughter but not murder – assault witnessed by two persons – crime scene evidence – delayed post-mortem examination – where deceased suffered 71 injuries to his body – where motive for assault was to elicit information – relevance of acts of gratuitous cruelty to ultimate issue – whether reasonable possibility that the accused did not intend to inflict grievous bodily harm – accused guilty of murder Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 18(1)(a) Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 132, 132A, 133 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 38, 55, 135, 137 Cases Cited: FDP v R (2008) NSWLR 645; [2008] NSWCCA 317 Festa v The Queen (2001) 208 CLR 593; [2001] HCA 72 Harriman v R (1989) 167 CLR 590; [1989] HCA 50 IMM v The Queen (2016) 257 CLR 300; [2016] HCA 14 O'Leary v R (1946) 73 CLR 566; [1946] HCA 44 Papakosmas v The Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297; [1999] HCA 37 R v Adam [1999] NSWCCA 189 R v Davidson (No. 1) [2019] NSWSC 980 R v Droudis (No. 13) [2016] NSWSC 1350 R v Mostyn [2004] NSWCCA 97 R v Player [2000] NSWCCA 123 R v Qaumi & Qaumi [2016] NSWSC 1473 R v Qaumi & Qaumi (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1487 R v Simmons; R v Moore (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 259 R v Toki (No 3) [2000] NSWSC 999 Redman v R [2015] NSWCCA 110 Smith v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 650; [2001] HCA 50 The Queen v Bauer (a pseudonym) (2018) 266 CLR 56; [2018] HCA 40 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rex (Crown) Daniel Paul Hasapis (Accused) Representation: Counsel: Mr L Carr SC (Crown) Ms M Avenell SC (Accused)