Regina v Kanaan, Mawas, El Assaad [2002] NSWSC 774

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regina v Kanaan, Mawas, El Assaad [2002] NSWSC 774 revised - 30/08/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70045/00; 70208/00; 70209/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 3/4/02 - 6/6/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 August 2002

Regina PARTIES : Michael Kanaan Rabeeh Mawas Wassim El Assaad JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJatCL at 1

T. Thorpe (Crown) COUNSEL : A. Morison (Kanaan) J. Gordon (Mawas) M. Ainsworth (El Assaad) SOLICITORS : S E O'Connor D J Humphreys CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - Murder - pleas of not guilty - jury verdict of guilty - Sentence - gang members - drug dealing. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 R v Baker NSWCCA 20 September 1995 R v Boyd (1995) 81 A Crim R 260 R v Cribb NSWCCA 4 November 1994 R v Fernando (1999) NSWCCA 66 R v Garforth NSWCCA 23 May 1994 R v Glasby (2000) 115 A Crim R 465 R v Glover NSWSC 29 November 1991 R v Harris (2000) 50 NSWLR 409 Regina v Hearne [2001] NSWCCA 37 R v Heatley NSWSC 27 February 1998 CASES CITED : R v Leonard NSWCCA 7 December 1998 Regina v Mastronardi [2000] NSWCCA 12 R v Milat NSWSC 27 July 1996 R v Ngo [2001] NSWSC 1021 Regina v Pham (1991) 55 A Crim R 128 R v Rose (1999) NSWCCA 327 R v Street NSWCCA 17 December 1996 R v Suckling (1999) NSWCCA 36 Regina v Townsend and Cooper NSWCCA 14 February 1995 R v Verney NSWCCA 23 March 1993 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Wilson v The Queen (1992) 174 CLR 313 DECISION : Sentences:; 1. Michael Kanaan: Imprisonment for life.; 2. Rabeeh Mawas: imprisonment for 25 years to date from 17 September 1999, and to expire on 16 September 2024. Non parole period of 19 years similarly to date from 17 September 1999 and to expire on 16 September 2018.; 3. Wassim El Assaad: imprisonment for 24 years to date from 17 September 1999 and to expire on 16 September 2023. Non parole period of 18 years similarly to date from 17 September 1999, and to expire on 16 September 2017.