R v Haouchar [2018] NSWSC 885

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Haouchar [2018] NSWSC 885 Hearing dates: 13 June 2018 Date of orders: 15 June 2018 Decision date: 15 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hidden AJ Decision: s 9 bond for 2 years Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – pleas of guilty – accessory after the fact to murder and to shoot with intent to murder – limited assistance to principal offenders – period of 3 ½ years pre-sentence custody – whether any further punishment called for Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s9 Cases Cited: Gall v R [2015] NSWCCA 69 R v Allouche & Ors [2017] NSWSC 975 R v Batcheldor [2015] NSWSC 1688 R v Cowen [2008] NSWSC 104 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Bilal Haouchar Representation: Counsel: T McCarthy – Crown D Dalton SC with A Djemal - Offender

Solicitors: Solicitor for the Director of Public Prosecutions - Crown One Group Legal - Offender File Number(s): 2014/312947 Publication restriction: No

Judgment 1. The offender, Bilal Haouchar, was to face trial for the murder of Ali Hachem Eid and for shooting at Mohammed Hannouf with intent to murder him. The two offences were said to have been committed on the same occasion at Punchbowl on 27 November 2012. Two days ago, on 13 June 2018, a fresh indictment was presented against him. It contained the same two counts but added alternative counts of being an accessory after the fact to those offences. He pleaded not guilty to the principal offences but guilty to each of the counts of accessory after the fact. The Crown prosecutor accepted those pleas in satisfaction of the indictment. He stands for sentence for those offences.