R v Patel (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 952

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Patel (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 952 Hearing dates: 18 May 2018 Date of orders: 22 June 2018 Decision date: 22 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Lonergan J Decision: The offender is sentenced to imprisonment comprising a non-parole period of 7 years and a balance of term of the sentence of 2 years 4 months. The total term of imprisonment is 9 years 4 months. Catchwords: SENTENCE – manslaughter by excessive self-defence – death by strangulation and suffocation – peri mortem stab wounds – stab wounds not a cause of death – conduct not a reasonable response in the circumstances as perceived by offender – manifestly excessive response – altercation involving knife Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 24, 421 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 21A Cases Cited: Markarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Pitts v R [2014] NSWCCA 244 R v Abdallah [2015] NSWSC 531 R v Anderson [2016] NSWSC 399 R v Blacklidge (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 12 December 1985, unrep) R v Bloodsworth; R v Errington (No 5) [2018] NSWSC 79 R v Forbes (2005) 160 A Crim R 1; [2005] NSWCCA 377 R v Hadchiti [2017] NSWSC 292 R v Hamzy [2016] NSWSC 1512 R v Isaacs (1997) 41 NSWLR 374; 90 A Crim R R v Johnson (No 5) [2017] NSWSC 1169 R v Lavender (2005) 222 CLR 67; 155 A Crim R 458; [2005] HCA 37 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; 103 A Crim R 149; [1999] HCA 54 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 R v Weinman (1987) 49 SASR 248 Smith v R [2015] NSWCCA 193 Weininger v R (2003) 212 CLR 629; [2003] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Manisha Patel (Offender) Representation: Counsel: H Baker SC (Crown) J Manuell SC/T Quilter (Offender)