R v Feroz; R v Ho; R v Hoang; R v Nguyen; R v Trinh [2020] NSWSC 341

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Feroz; R v Ho; R v Hoang; R v Nguyen; R v Trinh [2020] NSWSC 341 Hearing dates: 19 - 20 March 2020 Date of orders: 03 April 2020 Decision date: 03 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hamill J Decision: (1) Abdul Feroz is sentenced to imprisonment for 9 years with a non-parole period of 6 years. (2) Tony William Ho is sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years with a non-parole period of 15 years. (3) Sinh Jason Hoang is sentenced to imprisonment for 22 years with a non-parole period of 16 years and 6 months. (4) Vuong Van Nguyen is sentenced to imprisonment for 9 years with a non-parole period of 6 years. (5) Minh Duc Trinh is sentenced to imprisonment for 9 years with a non-parole period of 6 years and 9 months. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – murder and manslaughter – senseless killing over drug debt – a little bit of money – sentencing after trial – two offenders convicted of murder – three offenders convicted of manslaughter – assessment of objective criminality – parity – where joint criminal enterprise escalated at the scene – where one offender produced a knife and used it – others unaware that knife would be used – offender employed varying degrees of violence – one behaving like a chook with its head cut off – motive for offence – love triangle unlikely explanation – relevant considerations on sentence Legislation Cited: Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 21A, 22A Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW), s 25C Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), ss 7A(1), 36(1), 39(1), 65(3) Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW), s 7(1) Cases Cited: Ghamraoui v R [2009] NSWCCA 111 Magro v R [2020] NSWCCA 25 Merrick v R [2017] NSWCCA 264 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59; [1988] HCA 70 R v Cardoso [2003] NSWCCA 15; (2003) 137 A Crim R 535 R v Forbes [2005] NSWCCA 377; (2005) 160 A Crim R 1 R v LK [2019] NSWSC 605 R v Merrick (No 5) [2016] NSWSC 661 R v Oinonen [1999] NSWCCA 310 R v Pham; R v Nguyen; R v Trinh [2019] NSWSC 1539 R v Sumpton (No. 4) [2015] NSWSC 684 Tabbah v R [2019] NSWCCA 324 Todd v R [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Abdul Feroz Tony William Ho Sinh Jason Hoang Vuong Van Nguyen Minh Duc Trinh Representation: Counsel: L Lungo (Regina) W Brewer (Feroz) R Webb (Ho) N Carroll (Hoang) B Hancock (Nguyen) S Schaudin (Trinh)