R v Filihia [2013] NSWSC 1871

R v Filihia [2013] NSWSC 1871

The offender's murder and armed robbery with wounding were objectively serious because he used a substantial hunting knife in a planned armed robbery against a vulnerable receptionist, intended at the time of stabbing to cause grievous bodily harm, and committed the offences while on conditional liberty. His genuine remorse, prospects of rehabilitation, disadvantaged youth, significant but limited assistance to authorities, and earliest available guilty pleas justified mitigation, including discounts of 10% for assistance and 25% for the pleas. Applying totality, the sentences for murder and armed robbery were made wholly concurrent and commenced on 13 March 2013, but special...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 December 2013
Procedural Posture
Criminal Sentence / Sentence Following Pleas of Guilty to Murder and Armed Robbery With Wounding
Outcome
Offender sentenced to imprisonment for armed robbery with wounding and murder, with the sentences wholly concurrent and commencing 13 March 2013.
Legal Topics
['murder' 'armed Robbery With Wounding' 'plea of Guilty' 'conditional Liberty' 'remorse' 'assistance to Authorities' 'totality' 'standard Non Parole Period']
['criminal Law' 'sentencing'] ['murder' 'armed Robbery With Wounding' 'plea of Guilty' 'conditional Liberty' 'remorse' 'assistance to Authorities' 'totality' 'standard Non Parole Period']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Sentence / Sentence Following Pleas of Guilty to Murder and Armed Robbery With Wounding

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['What sentence should be imposed for murder and armed robbery with wounding committed during a brothel robbery.' 'How objective seriousness, including use of a dangerous weapon, victim vulnerability and planning, should affect sentence.' 'What discounts should be allowed for assistance to authorities and for the early pleas of guilty.' 'Whether sentences should be concurrent with each other and how they should relate to earlier sentences.' 'Whether special circumstances were established.']

Ratio Decidendi

The offender's murder and armed robbery with wounding were objectively serious because he used a substantial hunting knife in a planned armed robbery against a vulnerable receptionist, intended at the time of stabbing to cause grievous bodily harm, and committed the offences while on conditional liberty. His genuine remorse, prospects of rehabilitation, disadvantaged youth, significant but limited assistance to authorities, and earliest available guilty pleas justified mitigation, including discounts of 10% for assistance and 25% for the pleas. Applying totality, the sentences for murder and armed robbery were made wholly concurrent and commenced on 13 March 2013, but special...

Court Disposition

Offender sentenced to imprisonment for armed robbery with wounding and murder, with the sentences wholly concurrent and commencing 13 March 2013.

Orders

  • ['For the offence of armed robbery with wounding, sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 6 years and 6 months, commencing on 13 March 2013, with a non-parole period of 4 years and 10 months.' 'For the murder of Brian Gaudry, sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 14 years and 3 months, commencing 13 March 2013,...