R v King [2019] NSWSC 1742

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v King [2019] NSWSC 1742 Hearing dates: 02 December 2019 Date of orders: 06 December 2019 Decision date: 06 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wright J Decision: Convicted of being an accessory after the fact to murder.

Sentenced to a non-parole period of one year and three months to date from 25 November 2018 and expire on 24 February 2020.

That will be followed by a parole period of one year, which will expire on 24 February 2021. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW — Sentencing — Accessory after the fact to murder — Plea of guilty — No relevant criminal antecedents — Objective seriousness at the low end of the range — Bugmy considerations applicable — Mental illness — Parity with other offender — Special circumstances found — Victim impact statements not allowed to be read as offence not one which "results in the death of, or actual physical bodily harm to, any person" Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Arab v R [2019] NSWCCA 39 Aslan v R [2014] NSWCCA 114 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 229 A Crim R 337 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 R v Burns [2013] NSWSC 1851 R v Hagan [2019] NSWSC 128 R v Johnson [2014] NSWSC 1254 R v Scowen [2007] NSWSC 792 R v Stanford [2016] NSWSC 1174 R v Ward [2004] NSWSC 420 Tiknius v R [2011] NSWCCA 215; 221 A Crim R 365 Texts Cited: American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed, 2013, American Psychiatric Association). Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Tracy Lee King Representation: Counsel: G Newton (Crown) S Bouveng (Offender)