R v Youseff (No 4) [2025] NSWSC 125

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Youseff (No 4) [2025] NSWSC 125 Hearing dates: 12 November 2024, 14 February 2025 Date of orders: 28 February 2025 Decision date: 28 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: McNaughton J Decision: Mr Youseff is sentenced to imprisonment for 23 years and 6 months. The Court sets a non-parole period of 16 years commencing on 31 October 2022, and an additional term of 7 years and 6 months commencing on 31 October 2038 and ending on 30 April 2046. Catchwords: CRIME – sentence – murder – where offender intended to cause grievous bodily harm – where offending involved use of a weapon – where offending involved a grave risk of death to another person – where Bugmy factors – where reduced moral culpability – where special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 19A Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 5A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 22A, 30E, 44, 54A, 61 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Carreno v R [2023] NSWCCA 20 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Burns (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 140 R v Carbone [2022] NSWSC 373 R v Chamma; R v Hicks (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 1057 R v Dion [2021] NSWSC 1043 R v Hickson (No 4) [2020] NSWSC 340 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 R v Titan Gilkes [2025] NSWSC 23 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Bahra Youseff (Offender) Representation: Counsel: S Sloane (Crown) J Stratton SC (Offender)