R v BW & SW (No 3) [2009] NSWSC 1043

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v BW & SW (No 3) [2009] NSWSC 1043

HEARING DATE(S) : 19 May - 23 June 2009, 5-7 August 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 October 2009

JUDGMENT OF : R A Hulme J

DECISION : BW - Sentenced to imprisonment for 16 years with a non-parole period of 12 years. SW - Sentenced to imprisonment for life.

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - murder and manslaughter - starvation of daughter - worse case category of both offences

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Burrell v R [2009] NSWCCA 163 Knight v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 292 R v Ali [2005] NSWSC 334 R v Ainsworth (1994) 76 A Crim R 127 R v BW & SW (No.2) [2009] NSWSC 595 R v Chung [1999] NSWCCA 330 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 CASES CITED : R v Hoerler [2004] NSWCCA 184; 147 A Crim R 520 R v Peisley (1990) 54 A Crim R 42 R v Merritt [2004] NSWCCA 19; 59 NSWLR 557 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; NSWLR 704 R v Thomas Sam; R v Manju Sam (No 18) [2009] NSWSC 1003 Regina v Wilkinson (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 9 April 1998, unreported Taber v Regina; Styman v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 116; 170 A Crim R 427 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465

Regina (Crown) PARTIES : BW (Offender) SW (Offender)