R v Fesus (No. 9) [2018] NSWSC 176

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Fesus (No. 9) [2018] NSWSC 176 Hearing dates: 15 December 2017, 6 February 2018,16 February 2018 Date of orders: 23 February 2018 Decision date: 23 February 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Johnson J Decision: The Offender is sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 22 years with a non-parole period of 16 years and six months to date from 25 October 2016. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence following trial - murder - Offender found guilty of murder of his 18-year old wife in 1997 at Mt Warrigal - murder by choking - Offender then buried body in shallow grave near Seven Mile Beach - body located a month later - domestic violence murder - absence of contrition or remorse - relevance of Offender's recent health issues - approach to sentencing for murder committed in 1997 Legislation Cited: Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1900 Cases Cited: Cherry v R [2017] NSWCCA 150 Director of Public Prosecutions v Darcy-Shillingworth [2017] NSWCCA 224 Gonzales v R (2007) 178 A Crim R 232; [2007] NSWCCA 321 Katsis v R [2018] NSWCCA 9 Keir v R [2007] NSWCCA 149

Knight v R (2006) 164 A Crim R 126; [2006] NSWCCA 292 Obeid v R (2017) 350 ALR 103; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Power v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623; [1974] HCA 26 R v Achurch (2011) 216 A Crim R 152; [2011] NSWCCA 186 R v Chetcuti (Court of Criminal Appeal, 17 December 1993, unreported) R v Everett (Court of Criminal Appeal, 13 December 1995, BC9500218) R v Fesus [2014] NSWSC 770 R v Fesus (No. 8) [2017] NSWSC 1423 R v Hamid (2006) 164 A Crim R 179; [2006] NSWCCA 302 R v Herring (Badgery-Parker J, 4 December 1995, unreported) R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374 R v Keir [2003] NSWSC 140 R v MJR (2002) 54 NSWLR 368; [2002] NSWCCA 129 R v Moon (2000) 117 A Crim R 497; [2000] NSWCCA 534 R v Nixon (Court of Criminal Appeal, 31 October 1995, BC9501636) R v Obeid (No. 12) [2016] NSWSC 1815 R v Toki [2003] NSWCCA 125 R v Whitmore [1999] NSWCCA 75 R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 43 RLS v R [2012] NSWCCA 236 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Texts Cited: --- Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Steve Frank Fesus (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr G Smith SC (Crown) Mr K Chapple SC (Offender)