R v JK [2018] NSWSC 250

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v JK [2018] NSWSC 250 Hearing dates: 26 February 2018 Date of orders: 05 March 2018 Decision date: 05 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: Sentenced to imprisonment for 37½ years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 28 years. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing – plea of guilty to murder – killing of child following sustained beatings over several days – horrific injuries through blunt force trauma – history of violence towards child and other members of the family – torture – aggravating circumstances – gratuitous cruelty – offence in victim's home – offence in the presence of another child – use of weapon – whether life sentence mandatory – extraordinary letter written to offender's lawyers – where offender refuses to allow further investigation of possible defences – demonstrative of insight and remorse – where offender suffered depression – self-induced intoxication – self-medication with alcohol – possible relevance to sentence – no intention to kill – whether life sentence only option – lengthy determinate sentence imposed Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 19A, 21, 21A, 28, 32, 37, 44, 61, 166, 167 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2013) 231 A Crim R 413 Akkawi v R; Akkawi v R [2012] NSWCCA 11 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Devaney v R [2012] NSWCCA 285 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Luque v R [2017] NSWCCA 226 R v Coulter [2005] NSWSC 101 R v Do (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 512 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v Farhad Qaumi, Mumtaz Qaumi & Jamil Qaumi (Sentence) [2017] NSWSC 774 R v Halloun [2014] NSWSC 1705 R v Henry & Ors [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Hines (No 3) [2014] NSWSC 1273 R v Israli [2002] NSWCCA 255 R v Kelsall [2015] NSWSC 480 R v Lock [2017] NSWSC 715 R v Maybir (No 8) [2016] NSWSC 166 R v Mehta [2009] NSWSC 814 R v Ross [2014] NSWSC 707 R v Sumpton (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 684 R v Walsh [2009] NSWSC 764 Ryan v R [2017] NSWCCA 209 Sumpton v R [2016] NSWCCA 162 SW v R [2013] NSWCCA 103 Tan v R [2010] NSWCCA 207 The Queen v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; [2016] HCA 48 Versluys v R [2014] NSWCCA 98 Zaro v Regina [2009] NSWCCA 219 Texts Cited: The Holy Bible, 1984, Red Letter Edition, Thomas Nelson Publishers Nashville Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) JK (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr L Carr (Crown) Mr P McGrath (Offender)