Srikantharajah v R [2012] NSWCCA 209

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Srikantharajah v R [2012] NSWCCA 209 Hearing dates: 9 August 2012 Decision date: 20 September 2012 Before: McClellan CJ at CL at [1] R A Hulme J at [2] Schmidt J at [61] Decision: Leave to appeal allowed. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal and new trial - appeal against sentence - mental condition of offender and general deterrence - whether accumulation of sentence resulted in a total term that was unreasonable Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Mental Health Act 2007 Cases Cited: Beldon v R [2012] NSWCCA 194 BT v R [2012] NSWCCA 128 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57; (1998) 194 CLR 610 R v Benitez [2006] NSWCCA 21; (2006) 160 A Crim R 166 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Fahda [1999] NSWCCA 267 R v Hammond [2000] NSWCCA 540; (2000) 118 A Crim R 66 R v Hemsley [2004] NSWCCA 228 R v Hilton [2005] NSWCCA 317; (2005) 157 A Crim R 504 R v Krempin [2003] NSWCCA 263; (2003) 142 A Crim R 56 R v Lawrence [2005] NSWCCA 91 Stewart v R [2012] NSWCCA 183 Zreika v R [2012] NSWCCA 44 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Amalatheepan Srikantharajah (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Gartelmann (Applicant) Ms H Wilson (Respondent) Solicitors: Otto Stichter & Associates Solicitor for Public Prosecutions File Number(s): 2009/48556 Decision under appeal Date of Decision: 2010-12-13 00:00:00 Before: Sides DCJ File Number(s): 2009/48556