R v NK (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1257

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v NK (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1257 Hearing dates: 20-21 August 2015 Date of orders: 03 September 2015 Decision date: 03 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Hamill J Decision: Sentenced to an aggregate non-parole period of 15 years and 9 months commencing on 1 March 2014 and expiring on 30 November 2029. There will be a balance of parole of 5 years and 3 months commencing on 1 December 2029 and expiring on 28 February 2035. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – SENTENCE – gangland violence – home invasion – multiple shooting offences – gun crime – contract killing –murder – whether most extreme case – whether maximum penalty appropriate – duress – assistance to authorities – subjective case – alienation – marginalised offender – tragic personal history – Taliban – oppression of Tajiks – impact of deprivation on moral culpability – impact of deprivation on general deterrence – aggregate sentence – victim impact statements – no application under relevant provision – commencement date where parole revoked – special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Drugs and Poisons Legislation Amendment (New Psychoative & Other Substances) Bill 2013 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Apps v R [2006] NSWCCA 290 Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Brown v R [2012] NSWCCA 199 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales [2015] HCA 9 Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Glare v R [2015] NSWCCA 194 JM v R [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kentwell v R (No 2) [2015] NSWCCA 96 Kentwell v The Queen [2014] HCA 37; 252 CLR 601 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; 228 CLR McIntosh v R [2015] NSWCCA 184 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39; 244 CLR 120 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 OS1 v R [2012] NSWCCA 102. R v Alexander (1994) 78 A Crim R 141 R v AMT [2005] NSWCCA 151 R v Bolamatu [2002] NSWCCA 545 R v Booth [2014] NSWCCA 156 R v Bugmy (No 2) [2014] NSWCCA322 R v Burnes [2007] NSWSC 298 R v Cahill [2015] NSWCCA 53 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 R v Do (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 512 R v Ellis (1986) 6 NSWLR 603 R v Gallagher (1991) 23 NSWLR 220 R v Halloun [2014] NSWSC R v Hearne [2001] NSWCCA 37; (2001) 124 A Crim R 451 R v Hines (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 1273 R v Israil [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Johnson [2015] NSWSC 31 R v Lin (No 4) [2014] NSWSC 1801 R v LO [2003] NSWCCA 313 R v MJB [2014] NSWCCA 195 R v NP, R v OPA [2004] NSWCCA 464 R v Nykolyn [2012] NSWCCA 219 R v Offer [2002] NSWCCA 341 R v Pang [1999] NSWCCA 4; 105 A Crim R 474 R v RD [2014] NSWCCA 103 R v SAE (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 3 April 1997, unrep) R v Sharply [2014] NSWDC 253 R v Sumpton (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 684 Ruge and Cormack v R [2015] NSWCCA 153 SHR v R [2014] NSWCCA 94 SZ v R [2007] NSWCCA 19; 168 A Crim R 249 The Queen v De Simoni [1981] HCA 31; 147 CLR 383 Versluys v R [2014] NSWCCA 98 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64; 207 CLR 584 Texts Cited: Legislative Assembly Legal Affairs Committee Report 'Law Reform Issues Regarding Synthetic Drugs', Report 1/55 – May 2013 Category: Sentence Parties: NK (Offender) Crown Representation: Counsel: J Crespo (Crown) E Ozen (Offender)