R v Eaglesham [2004] NSWSC 747

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Eaglesham [2004] NSWSC 747 HEARING DATE(S) : 20/04/04, 21/04/04, 27/04/04, 28/04/04, 29/04/04, 30/04/04, 03/05/04, 04/05/04, 05/05/04, 06/05/04, 10/05/04, 11/05/04, 12/05/04, 13/05/04, 14/05/04, 17/05/04, 18/05/04, 19/05/04, 20/05/04, 21/05/04, JUDGMENT DATE : 27 August 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Barr J at 1 DECISION : The offender is sentenced to imprisonment for twenty years. His sentence will be taken to have commenced on 12 March 2002 and will expire on 11 March 2022. I fix a non-parole period of fifteen years. He will become eligible for release on parole on 11 March 2017.

CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentencing - murder PARTIES : Regina Glenn William Eaglesham FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 70049/03 COUNSEL : Crown: P Barnett Offender: D Yehia SOLICITORS : Crown: S E O'Connor Offender: W Grant

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION

GRAHAM BARR J

Friday, 27 August 2004

70049/03 REGINA v Glenn William EAGLESHAM

SENTENCE 1 HIS HONOUR: The offender, Glenn William Eaglesham, was convicted by a jury of the murder on 11 March 2002 at Taree of Petrina Joy Eaglesham. The offender and the deceased were married and lived in Taree with their two year old son. The deceased was employed in a bank in the town. Relations between them deteriorated during 2001. The deceased resented the disrespectful way in which the offender was treating her, swearing at her, belittling her and falsely accusing her of having affairs with other men. Just before Christmas she threatened to leave him, but he promised to mend his ways and persuaded her to stay. His attitude and his behaviour did not improve, however, and by Monday 4 March 2002 the deceased had had enough. She took the child with her and his and her belongings and moved into the premises of a work friend. 2 The offender was very fond of the child and by all accounts a good father. He pursued the deceased, partly to do what he could to save the marriage and partly because he wanted to continue to see and care for the child. Things reached the stage when the deceased told her colleagues at the bank not to put through to her calls that the offender was making.