NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : REGINA v. LAING [2004] NSWSC 510 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/5/04 - 21/5/04; 24/5/04; 26/5/04 - 28/5/04; 31/5/04; 10/6/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 June 2004 JURISDICTION: Criminal JUDGMENT OF : Greg James J at 1 DECISION : A term of imprisonment for six years and six months to date from 10 September 2002. That sentence will expire on 9 March 2009. There will be a non-parole period of three years and six months which, having commenced on 10 September 2002, will expire on 9 March 2006. The earliest date upon wihch the offender will be eligible for release on parole is 9 March 2006.
CATCHWORDS : Criminal law - sentence - manslaughter - plea to alternative to murder - reduction for early plea - contrition and co-operation - effects of alcoholism and intoxication - also depression - landlord drowning boarder in bath and disposing of body - conduct bizarre - strong prospects of rehabilitation. LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Thomson & Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Wilson (1992) 174 CLR 313 CASES CITED : Puckeridge (1999) 168 ALR 4 Lavender [2004] NSWCCA 120 MacDonald (CCA, unreported 12 December 1995) Bugmy (1990) 169 CLR 525 PARTIES : REGINA v. LAING, Norman Keith FILE NUMBER(S) : SC No. 70009 of 2003 COUNSEL : Crown: P. Adey Offender: M. Thangaraj/D.M. Jay SOLICITORS : Crown: Director of Public Prosecutions Offender: Lapaine Pomare & Forster
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES CRIMINAL DIVISION
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