R v Taber & Styman; Re Shannon Styman [2005] NSWSC 1329

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Taber & Styman; Re Shannon Styman [2005] NSWSC 1329

HEARING DATE(S) : 9 December 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2005

Common Law Division JURISDICTION : Criminal List

JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

DECISION : The contemnor is sentenced to imprisonment for a period of twelve months commencing 25 March 2011 and to expire on 24 March 2012. I decline to set a non parole period.

Crimes (Sentencing Prcoedure) Act LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act, s 65

Attorney General v Whiley (1993) 31 NSWLR 314 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Drollett [2002] NSWSC 490 Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Jando (2001) 53 NSWLR 527 CASES CITED : Registrar of the Court of Appeal v Raad (unreported, Kirby P, 9 June 1992) Smith v The Queen (1991) 25 NSWLR 1 Wood v Staunton (No. 5) (1995) 86 A Crim R 183

PARTIES : R v Shannon Styman

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2002/118; 2002/120

A. Robertson (Crown) COUNSEL : P. Young SC (Contemnor)

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) SOLICITORS : Nikola Velcic & Associates (Contemnor)

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION :

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION CRIMINAL LIST

STUDDERT J

Friday 16 December 2005

2002/118 REGINA v PETER DAVID TABER 2002/120 REGINA v IAN CRAIG STYMAN

Re: SHANNON STYMAN

SENTENCE 1 HIS HONOUR: When Shannon Styman ("the contemnor") was before this Court on 9 December 2005, Mr Young of Senior Counsel appeared for him. Mr Young informed the Court that the contemnor pleaded guilty to contempt of court and I proceeded to hear submissions as to the appropriate penalty. 2 Before referring to the evidence introduced by Mr Young, it is necessary to trace the events that brought the contemnor before the Court on 9 December 2005. 3 The contemnor is presently serving sentences imposed by Barr J on 28 February 2003. Barr J sentenced the contemnor on that date to a term of imprisonment of eight years for aggravated robbery and to a term of imprisonment of fourteen years for manslaughter. The sentence for the aggravated robbery offence commenced on 26 March 2001 and the sentence for manslaughter commenced on 26 March 2002. His Honour did not fix a non parole period for the aggravated robbery offence, but fixed a non parole period of nine years for the manslaughter offence. Hence, the contemnor will be eligible for release on parole on 25 March 2011. 4 Those sentences were imposed after the contemnor had stood trial with his uncle, Ian Styman, and Peter Taber charged with the following offences: