R v Beattie (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 961

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Beattie (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 961 Hearing dates: 13 June 2015 Decision date: 17 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Button J Decision: Convicted of the offences of hindering police, recklessly damaging property, and assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty. With regard to each offence, I impose a fixed term of imprisonment for 9 months that commences on 7 July 2013, and that expires on 6 April 2014.

Convicted of the offence of murder. I impose a non-parole period of 15 years, to date from 7 July 2013. That will be followed by a parole period of 5 years, to commence on 6 July 2028 and to expire on 6 July 2033. The first date upon which you will be eligible for parole is 6 July 2028. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – remarks on sentence – offender found guilty of murder by jury – plea of guilty to manslaughter – offender intended to inflict really serious injury to deceased – offender had previous criminal conviction for violence – established problem with prohibited drugs – intoxication – offences dealt with by way of s 166 certificate Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s 546C Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 25C Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), ss 166, 268, Sch 1 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 21A, 21(5AA), 22A, 28(4), 45 Cases Cited: R v Doan [2000] NSWCCA 317; (2000) 50 NSWLR 115 R v Oinonen [1999] NSWCCA 310 R v Previtera (1997) 94 A Crim R 76. Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Matthew Beattie Representation: Counsel: M Barr (Crown) J Trevallion (Offender)