R v Puta, R v Nitrovic, R v Curry, R v Mackic, R v Oldham, R v Nanai [2001] NSWSC 225

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Puta, R v Nitrovic, R v Curry, R v Mackic, R v Oldham, R v Nanai [2001] NSWSC 225 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70040/99; 70026/99; 70209/99; 70208/99; 70016/99; 70211/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/12/2000 - 23/02/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 March 2001

Regina (Crown) Arben Puta Zeljko Nitrovic PARTIES : Raymond Arthur Curry Goran Mackic Russell Oldham Satuala Nanai JUDGMENT OF : Hidden J at 1

Dan Howard with Nicole Noman (Crown) David Dalton (Puta) Jose Crespo (Nitrovic) COUNSEL : Allan Lucas (Curry) Glenn Whitehead (Mackic) John Stratton (Oldham) Ken Horler QC (Nanai) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Crown) Watsons (Puta) Jack Rigg (Nitrovic) SOLICITORS : Tully & Co (Curry) Ray Finlayson (Mackic) Michelle Goodwin (LAC) (Oldham) Anita Betts (Nanai)

CATCHWORDS : Sentence after verdicts of guilty of two counts of manslughter arising out of the same incident. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Oinonen [1999] NSWCCA 310 CASES CITED : R v McHugh (1985) 1 NSWLR 588 R v Groombridge (CCA, unreported 20 September 1990) R v Barci (1994) 76 ACrim R 103 R v Engert (1995) 84 ACrim R 67 DECISION : See paras 62-67