R v Stacey Lea-Caton [2007] NSWSC 1294

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Stacey Lea-Caton [2007] NSWSC 1294

HEARING DATE(S) : 05/11/2007, 06/11/2007, 09/11/2007, 12/11/2007, 13/11/2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 November 2007

JUDGMENT OF : Buddin J

DECISION : For the offence of detaining Gregory Hosa in circumstances constituting the specially aggravated form of kidnapping the offender is sentenced to a fixed term of 5 years imprisonment to commence on 29 January 2006 and to expire on 28 January 2011. I decline to impose a non-parole period because of the sentence which I am about to impose. For the offence of murder of Gregory Hosa the offender is sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 18 years consisting of a non-parole period of 12 years 6 months with the balance of the term being 5 years 6 months. Each term will commence on 29 January 2006. The total term will expire on 28 January 2024 and the non-parole period will expire on 28 July 2018. For the offence of detaining Kathryn McKay in circumstances constituting the specially aggravated form of kidnapping the offender is sentenced to a fixed term of 5 years imprisonment to commence on 29 January 2010 and to expire on 28 January 2015. I decline to impose a non-parole period because of the sentence which I am about to impose. For the offence of murder of Kathryn McKay the offender is sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 18 years consisting of a non-parole period of 12 years 6 months with the balance of the term being 5 years 6 months. Each term will commence on 29 January 2010. The total term will expire on 28 January 2028 and the non-parole period will expire on 28 July 2022 on which date the offender will be eligible for release on parole. The total effective sentence is thus one of 22 years imprisonment with a total effective non-parole period of 16 years 6 months.