Regina v Robert Charles VEEN [2000] NSWSC 656

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina v Robert Charles VEEN [2000] NSWSC 656 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC L019/91 HEARING DATE(S) : 31/03/2000, 7/04/2000,14/04/2000, 28/04/2000 and 21/06/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 July 2000

PARTIES : Regina Robert Charles VEEN JUDGMENT OF : Sully J

COUNSEL : C.K. Maxwell QC - Crown J.C. Nicholson SC - Applicant SOLICITORS : S. E. O'Connor - Crown Legal Aid Commission of NSW - Applicant Sentencing Act 1989 Sentencing (Life Sentences) Amendment Act 1993 LEGISLATION CITED : Sentencing Legislation Further Amendment Act 1997 Sentencing Amendment (Transitional) Act 1997 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) at 164 CLR 465 R v Boyd, unreported, NSW CCA 18/9/95 R v Cribb, unreported, NSW CCA 4/11/94 R v Dennis, unreported, NSW CCA 28/10/92 R v Lannigan, unreported, NSW CCA 31/8/92 R v Glen, [1999[ NSW SC 1018, Wood CJ at CL R v Lawson, unreported, Badgery-Parker J, 31/5/94 CASES CITED : R v Beavan CCA NSW, unreported, 22/8/91 R v Camilleri CCA NSW, unreported, 8/7/90 R v Turner NSW SC, Wood J, unreported, 20/8/92 R v Schneidas NSW SC, Grove J, unreported, 16/12/93 R v Leaver NSW SC, Carruthers J, unreported, 17/11/93 R v Lyttle NSW SC, Newman J, unreported, 6/3/96 R v Cox NSW SC, Badgery-Parker J, unreported, 13/12/96 R v Robinson NSW SC, Abadee J, unreported, 28/11/97 R v Picknell, NSW SC, Wood CJ at CL, unreported, 10/11/98 DECISION : Application granted. Sentence re-determined . Imprisonment for a minimum term of 20 years to commence on 9 November 1983 and expire on 8 November 2003; and additional term to commence on 9 November 2003 and to continue for the balance of natural life.