NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Akok [2019] NSWSC 1235 Hearing dates: 6 September 2019 Decision date: 18 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: Button J Decision: (1) Convicted of murder.
(2) I impose a non-parole period of 12 years, to date from 28 October 2015.
(3) That will be followed by a parole period of 4 years, to commence on 28 October 2027 and to expire on 27 October 2031.
(4) To express my sentence another way, I have imposed a head sentence of imprisonment for 16 years, with a non-parole period of 12 years, with a full backdate.
(5) Were it not for the plea of guilty of the offender entered many years ago, I would have imposed a head sentence of imprisonment for 21 years 6 months.
(6) The first date upon which it appears that the offender will be eligible for possible release to parole is 27 October 2027. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – murder – plea of guilty – discussion of objective and subjective features – intent to kill – use of weapon – offender aged 18 at the time of murder – Sudanese refugee – offender in prodromal stage of schizophrenia at the time of offending – offender diagnosed in custody with treatment-resistant schizophrenia – strong subjective case – sentence imposed Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Marko Akok Representation: Counsel: A Morris N Steel
Solicitors: Solicitor for Public Prosecutions Lisa De Luca & Co File Number(s): 2015/317024
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