NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Regina v Munesh Goundar [2010] NSWSC 1170
31/5/10 1/6/10-3/6/10 HEARING DATE(S) : 7/6/10-11/6/10 15/6/10 17/9/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 November 2010
JURISDICTION : Common Law Division
JUDGMENT OF : Kirby J
DECISION : Imprisonment with a non parole period of 8 years to date from 8 March 2007 and expire on 7 March 2015, with a total sentence of 10 years 8 months to date from 8 March 2007 and to expire on 7 November 2017. Eligible for release on parole on 7 March 2015.
CATCHWORDS : CRIMINAL LAW - sentence - manslaughter verdict after trial for murder - provocation - confrontation planned without intention of gbh - knife used when provoked - objectively serious - some evidence mental illness - intoxicated - aggravated by disposal of body.
LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
CATEGORY : Sentence
R v Hill (1981) 3 A Crim R 397 R v Chhay (1994) 72 A Crim R 1 R v Morabito (1992) 62 A Crim R 82 R v Alexander (1994) 78 A Crim R 141 CASES CITED : R v Khan (1996) 86 A Crim R 552 Knight v Regina [2006] NSWCCA 292; (2006) 164 A Crim R 126 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76 R v Green [1999] NSWCCA 97 R v Ibrahim [2009] NSWCCA 15
PARTIES : Regina Munesh Pravin Goundar
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/16665
COUNSEL : P E Barrett (Crown) W C Terracini SC / A Miller (Acc)
SOLICITORS : K Buck - DPP (Crown) Accused unrepresented
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