R v Yusuf AYTUGRUL [2009] NSWSC 275

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : R v Yusuf AYTUGRUL [2009] NSWSC 275

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 March 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 April 2009

JUDGMENT OF : RA Hulme J

DECISION : Sentenced to a non-parole period of 21 years and a balance of the term of the sentence of 7 years

CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - murder - killing of former girlfriend by stabbing after period of stalking

LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999

CATEGORY : Sentence

R v Lewis [2001] NSWCCA 448 Aslett v R [2006] NSWCCA 360 CASES CITED : Apps v R [2006] NSWCCA 290 Versluys v R [2008] NSWCCA 76 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76

PARTIES : Regina v Yusuf Aytugrul

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2008/5115

COUNSEL : Mr C Maxwell SC (Crown) Ms C Davenport SC (Offender)

SOLICITORS : Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) William O'Brien & Ross Hudson Solicitors (Offender)

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

RA Hulme J

16 April 2009

2008/5115 R v Yusuf AYTUGRUL

REMARKS ON SENTENCE

1 HIS HONOUR: The offender, Yusuf Aytugrul, was found guilty by a jury of the murder of Ms Sevda Bayrak. The maximum penalty for this offence is life imprisonment and there is a standard non-parole period of 20 years.

Facts

2 Ms Bayrak was a 33-year-old single mother who lived with her 8-year-old daughter in a home unit in Betts Street, Parramatta. There she was brutally killed shortly after 8pm on Saturday 26 November 2005. Her assailant stabbed her a great many times. Stab wounds were found all over her body. The forensic pathologist said death was due to blood loss following multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen.