R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Maglovski (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 16 Hearing dates: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 November 2012, and 15 November 2012 (sentencing hearing) Decision date: 04 February 2013 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: The offender is convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. The Court sets a non-parole period of sixteen years commencing on 8 October 2011 and ending on 7 October 2027 with an additional term of four years commencing on 8 October 2027 and ending on 7 October 2031. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - murder - domestic homicide - break down of marriage - husband kills wife - conviction following trial - provocation rejected by jury - whether provoked by deceased for purposes of mitigation on sentence - whether loss of self control - relevance of expert sociological evidence on "honour killing" in Macedonian culture - whether intention to kill - offender aged sixty years - mitigating factors - no prior convictions - prior good character - unlikely to re-offend - rehabilitation - whether remorseful - pre-trial disclosures of defence - general deterrence, retribution and denunciation. Legislation Cited: - Crimes Act 1900 - s 19A, s 23 - Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 - s 54A, s 61(1) Cases Cited: - Barton v R [2009] NSWCCA 164 - Goebel-McGregor v R [2006] NSWCCA 390 - MAH v R [2006] NSWCCA 226 - Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR 357 - Minister for Immigration v Khawar [2002] HCA 14; 210 CLR 1 - Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; 85 ALJR 1154 - R v Koloamatangi [2011] NSWCCA 288 - R v Maglovski [2012] NSWSC 1378 - R v Shee [2012] NSWSC 1422 - Stingel v R [1990] HCA 61; 171 CLR 312 Category: Sentence Parties: Crown (Prosecutor) Dragi Maglovski (Offender) Representation: Counsel: P.A. Leask (Crown) J.G. Spencer (Offender) Solicitors: Crown (Director of Public Prosecutions) George Sten & Co (Offender) File Number(s): 2011/321270