R v Bruce Allan BURRELL [No 3] [2008] NSWSC 30

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Bruce Allan BURRELL [No 3] [2008] NSWSC 30

30 - 31 July 2007 1 August 2007 6 - 8 August 2007 10 August 2007 13 - 16 August 2007 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 - 24 August 2007 27 - 28 August 2007 30 - 31 August 2007 3 - 6 September 2007 10 - 14 September 2007 17 September 2007 7 December 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 February 2008

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J

DECISION : Sentenced to imprisonment for 28 years commencing on 17 September 2007 and ending on 16 September 2035, with a non parole period of 21 years. The earliest date upon which eligible for release on parole is 17 September 2028.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL PRACTICE & PROCEDURE - sentence - relevance of similar convictions for later crimes - dangerousness and protection of community - should the sentence be a life sentence? - was it in the worst class of case? - criminality similar to contract killing - determinate sentence.

LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

CATEGORY : Sentence

Siganto v The Queen [1998] HCA 74; 194 CLR 656 R v Folbigg [2005] NSWCCA 23; 152 A Crim R 35 Holyoak v R (1995) 82 A Crim R 502 R v Varner (NSW CCA, 24 March 1992, unreported) R v MAK [2006] NSWCCA 381; (2006) 167 A Crim R 159 Knight v R [2006] NSWCCA 292; 164 A Crim R 126 R v Crofts (NSW SC, 6 December 1996, unreported) CASES CITED : R v Smith [2000] NSWCCA 202 R v King (1998) 99 A Crim R 288 R v Lewis [2001] NSWCCA 448 R v Baker (NSW CCA, 20 September 1995, unreported) R v Glasby [2000] NSWCCA 83; (2000) 115 A Crim R 465 R v Burrell [2007] NSWCCA 79 Burrell v R [2007] NSWCCA 65 R v Burrell [2006] NSWSC 581 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76