R v Gittany (No 5) [2014] NSWSC 49

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Gittany (No 5) [2014] NSWSC 49 Hearing dates: 5, 6 February 2014 Decision date: 11 February 2014 Before: McCallum J Decision: Offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment for twenty-six years with a non-parole period of eighteen years and a balance of term of eight years Catchwords: CRIME - sentence - murder - intention to kill formed quickly and in a state of rage - no planning or premeditation - no remorse - impossibility of assessing likelihood of re-offending or prospects of rehabilitation in light of offender's refusal to accept responsibility for his offending - evidence of good character - whether of any weight where referees blind to or ignorant of any wrongdoing by offender - whether high level of media attention a relevant mitigating factor Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Evidence Act 1995 Cases Cited: JCW [2000] NSWCCA 209; (2000) 112 A Crim R 466 Kenny v R [2010] NSWCCA 6 Melbourne v R [1999] HCA 32; (1999) 198 CLR 1 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 3; 244 CLR 120 R v Abrahams [2013] NSWSC 952 R v Daetz; R v Wilson [2003] NSWCCA 216; (2003) A Crim R 398 R v Gittany NSWCCA 2 August 1995, unreported R v Gittany (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1599 R v Gittany (No 4) [2013] NSWSC 1737 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v Olbrich (1998) 45 NSWLR 538 R v Toki [2003] NSWCCA 125 Ryan v R (2001) 206 CLR 267 Veen v R (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Simon Gittany (offender) Representation: Counsel: M Tedeschi QC (Crown) P Strickland SC (offender) Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Bannisters Lawyers (offender) File Number(s): 2011/250258 Publication restriction: Non-publication order made during proceedings on sentence in respect of certain evidence and submissions