NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Regina v Knight [2001] NSWSC 1011 revised - 29/01/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70094/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/10/01; 17/10/01; 18/10/01; 19/10/01; 23/10/01; 25/10/01; 26/10/01; 29/10/01; 30/10/01; 31/10/01; 1/11/01; 5/11/01; 6/11/01; 8/11/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 November 2001
PARTIES : Regina v Katherine Mary Knight JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J
COUNSEL : Mark Macadam QC - Crown Peter Thraves - Prisoner SOLICITORS : DPP Newcastle - Crown Cragg Braye and Thornton, Singleton - Prisoner CATCHWORDS : Murder - Premeditated - Planning of killing - Defiling of body of deceased - Worst case category - Absence of contrition or remorse - Borderline personality disorder - Sentence LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 s19A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 21,22,61 Regina v Storey (1997) 89 A Crim R 519 Regina v Scognamiglio (1991) 56 A Crim R 81 Regina v Purdey (1993) A Crim R 441 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1987-88) 164 CLR 465 CASES CITED : Regina v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 115 A Crim R 104 Regina v Kane (1974) VR 759 Regina v Short [2000] NSWCCA 462 (unreported 3 November 2000) Regina v Privitera (1997) A Crim R 76 Bollen v Regina (1998) 99 A Crim R 510 DECISION : Imprisonment for life.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CRIMINAL DIVISION AT NEWCASTLE
No:70094/00
CORAM : O'KEEFE J
DATE: 8 November, 2001
REGINA v KATHERINE MARY KNIGHT
SENTENCE
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