defendant. Sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment, minimum 14 years before eligibility for parole; 990 days declared as already served ([80]).
Key principles
Where a defendant deliberately arms himself, goes to confront a particular person and fires with the intention of killing the person he believes to be the intended victim, that...
Evidence of depression, hopelessness or other non-psychotic mental disturbances may be relevant to mitigation and can reduce moral culpability to some degree, but such conditions...
Hypnotically 'recovered' memories may amount to confabulation or false memory; the court may accept that such evidence is not a wilful lie but treat it as unreliable for...
In sentencing murder arising from domestic relationship violence the court must give significant weight to general deterrence and the protection of the sanctity of human life,...
Issues before the court
Whether the defendant's mistaken identification of the victim (killing the sister instead of the intended ex de facto) negates the mens rea for...
What weight to afford hypothetically recovered memories produced through hypnosis in assessing accused's claim of self-defence or state of mind.
Plain English Summary
David Ibrahim was convicted of murder after he deliberately confronted what he believed to be his ex de facto partner's car and fired four shots, fatally wounding her sister, Sue Chircop. The sentencing judge found that Ibrahim intended to kill the person he believed to be Carol, so the mens rea for murder was established despite mistaken identity. Hypnotically recovered memories of self-defence were treated as confabulation and rejected. The judge accepted some mitigation for depression and emotional turmoil but emphasised general deterrence and the sanctity of life, sentencing Ibrahim to 19 years' imprisonment with a 14-year minimum non-parole period, and crediting 990 days already served.
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What happened
On 27 September 1998 David Ibrahim armed himself with two .25 calibre pistols and drove into the Keilor Downs area seeking a confrontation with his former de facto partner, Carol Chircop. As he drove he encountered a red Ford Probe usually driven by Carol. He intentionally blocked its path, exited his vehicle in an aggressive manner, and from a position approximately one metre from the driver's side, discharged four shots in quick succession. The first two shots pierced the windscreen; the next two penetrated the driver’s side window and struck the driver, who was later identified as Sue Chircop, Carol's sister ([5], [8], [14]). The vehicle left the scene and later stopped in a paddock with the driver slumped and the passenger steering ([8]).
How the defendant's mental state (depression, anger, memory disorder, suicide attempt) affects moral culpability and sentencing weight.
Appropriate sentence and non-parole period for a premeditated, domestic-relationship-related murder where the killer mistakenly shot the wrong person.
Cited legislation
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Ibrahim briefly pursued, but then went to acquaintances' premises and told them he had shot Carol and asked to be hidden. When refused, he placed a pistol under his chin and fired, causing significant facial and neck injury but not death; this is recorded as an attempted suicide and may have produced memory loss ([11], [14]). He later underwent psychiatric assessment and, in 2000, two sessions of hypnosis with Professor Burrows produced a recollection that he had fired in self-defence. The jury at trial rejected that account and convicted him of murder. At sentencing Coldrey J examined the factual circumstances, psychiatric evidence and mitigation, and imposed a term of 19 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 14 years, crediting 990 days already served ([17], [20], [80]).
Why the court decided this way
There are three linked strands in the judge’s reasoning that determine both the legal characterisation and the sentence.
Intention and mistaken identity: Coldrey J accepted the jury’s finding that at the moment of firing Ibrahim intended to kill the person he believed was Carol Chircop. That intentional state was sufficient to found the mens rea for murder notwithstanding that the actual victim was Sue Chircop ([14], [23]). The facts pointed to purposeful conduct: he armed himself, sought the confrontation, blocked the vehicle and fired at very close range ([5], [23]). Those objective facts led to the conclusion of premeditation and intention.
Rejection of the hypnotically recovered self-defence account: Ibrahim’s account that he acted in self-defence had its genesis in two hypnosis sessions in 2000. Coldrey J accepted that hypnosis can produce confabulation or false memory, the judge was prepared to characterise Ibrahim’s account as sincere but mistaken recollection rather than a deliberate lie ([17], [20]). That evaluation allowed the judge to explain some absence of remorse yet still to treat the account as unreliable for exculpation. The absence of any weapon found in the Probe and the surrounding evidence supported the jury's rejection of self-defence ([17]).
Sentencing balance between mitigation and deterrence: The judge carefully reviewed Ibrahim’s psychiatric history. There were conflicting opinions: psychiatrists who saw him personally diagnosed adjustment disorder and anti-social personality traits, while more experienced psychiatrists reviewing files considered major depression present ([35], [47], [50], [53]). Coldrey J found that Ibrahim experienced depression, hopelessness and anger at the critical time and that these emotions distorted his judgment ([56]). Nonetheless, because the conduct was premeditated and involved domestic-relationship violence, the judge emphasised the sanctity of life and the court’s duty to deter such violent responses, thus requiring a substantial custodial sentence ([26], [56], [80]). The judge gave mitigation weight to Ibrahim's background, cooperation, lack of prior violent convictions and mental condition, but these factors only reduced culpability to a limited extent ([77], [56]).
Before and after state of the law
Before this decision the general principles applied were well established: murder requires intention to kill or cause really serious injury; sentencing requires balancing personal mitigation against the protection of the community and deterrence. Coldrey J refers to earlier authorities and expressly notes that the present case did not attract the principles in R v Anderson nor were the propositions in R v Tsiaras directly on point ([56]). The decision does not purport to overhaul the law, but it clarifies in a practical way how judges should approach:
Cases of mistaken identity where the accused intended to kill a specific person but killed another: the intent remains established if the accused honestly believed the victim was the intended person ([5], [14], [23]).
The evidential and probative value to be accorded to memory recovered by hypnosis: the judgment adopts a cautious approach, treating such memory as susceptible to confabulation and therefore unreliable for exculpation, while stopping short of calling it deliberate fabrication ([17], [20]).
Sentencing in domestic-relationship killings: the judgment reinforces the significant weight to be given to general deterrence and the sanctity of human life, even where mental health and background mitigation exist ([26], [80]).
After R v Ibrahim there is no discussion in this text about subsequent appellate treatment or later authorities modifying these statements. Coldrey J’s approach is conventional in the sense of applying established sentencing principles while emphasising caution on hypnotic evidence. Practising counsel should treat the decision as an example of strict application of mens rea and cautious treatment of hypnotically recovered memory in the context of a violent, premeditated domestic killing.
Key passages with plain-English translation
"[I] have no doubt the jury would have been satisfied that when you fired the fatal shots you intended to kill the person you believed to be Carol Chircop." ([14])
Plain English: Even though the person who died was Sue, the judge accepts the jury's finding that Ibrahim meant to kill Carol. His belief as to who he was shooting was enough to constitute the required intention for murder.
"I am prepared to find that your evidence of shooting in self-defence was the result of what may be described as confabulation or false memory rather than any wilfully false account by you..." ([20])
Plain English: The judge accepts that Ibrahim's later claim of self-defence came from false memories created during hypnosis, not from a deliberate lie. But false memories are unreliable and not exculpatory.
"It was premeditated in the sense that you set out armed and with the intention of confronting Carol Chircop and shooting her." ([23])
Plain English: The crime was planned because Ibrahim armed himself and deliberately sought out the person he intended to shoot.
"The courts have a duty ... to uphold the sanctity of human life." ([26])
Plain English: When sentencing a killer, the judge must protect society and discourage similar acts; this carries heavy weight in deciding the sentence.
"It seems to me that at the critical time you were affected by a number of emotions. These included feelings of depression and hopelessness but also feelings of anger and resentment." ([56])
Plain English: The judge recognises Ibrahim was emotionally disturbed; this reduces his culpability somewhat, but not enough to avoid a severe sentence.
What fact patterns trigger this precedent
This decision is most directly relevant where:
The offender arms himself, seeks out a specific person, and fires at very close range, producing an intentional killing, even if the killed person turns out to be someone other than the intended target ([5], [23], [14]).
The accused later claims self-defence based on memories recovered via hypnosis or similar suggestive techniques; the court will treat such accounts with caution and may characterise them as confabulation unless corroborated by objective evidence ([17], [20]).
There are competing psychiatric opinions (personal observation v file-based review) about whether the accused suffered major depression or other mental disturbance at the time; the sentencing judge will weigh these as partial mitigation but will still prioritise deterrence where the offence is premeditated and domestic in character ([50], [53], [56], [80]).
Cases where the offender attempts suicide immediately after the offence and exhibits memory gaps; the court may accept a memory disorder as relevant but not determinative of culpability ([11], [14], [68]).
How later courts have treated it
This judgment itself does not record later appellate consideration. The text notes in passing that principles from R v Anderson and R v Tsiaras were not attracted or were not directly on point in this case ([56]). Coldrey J's approach, that hypnotically recovered memories may be genuine confabulation yet unreliable as a defence, and that intention is established where the accused intends to kill the person he believes he is confronting, is grounded in established criminal law principles. Practitioners should look to appellate authorities and any subsequent rulings for definitive appellate treatment of (a) the legal status of belief as to identity in establishing intention where the victim is different from the intended target, and (b) admissibility and weight of hypnotically recovered memories. The decision provides a trial- and sentencing-level template rather than a binding appellate doctrinal shift.
Still-open questions
The exact doctrinal contours of intention where there is a mistaken identity: Coldrey J applies common-sense reasoning that a belief as to identity suffices. Whether and how higher courts would refine the legal tests (for instance, whether any further requirements of foreseeability or transferred malice apply in variant fact patterns) is not settled within this judgment ([14], [23]).
The status of hypnotically recovered memories in criminal trials: Coldrey J's useful practical observation that hypnosis may produce confabulation does not resolve evidentiary thresholds. Questions remain about admissibility, expert evidence on hypnosis, directions to juries, and whether hypnotically recovered testimony ought to be excluded or merely treated with caution ([17], [20]).
Weight to be given to non-psychotic psychiatric conditions: The judge accepted mitigation for depression and adjustment disorder only to a limited extent. The case leaves open how much such disorders may mitigate sentences for premeditated killings where the offender's cognitive and volitional capacities are impaired to varying degrees ([50], [56]).
Interaction between attempted suicide immediately after an offence and culpability: Ibrahim's attempted self-harm, and possible resulting memory impairment, were taken into account. Yet the degree to which such factors should reduce moral blame, and where to draw the line for significant mitigation, remains fact-specific and not definitively resolved here ([11], [56]).
Consistency in sentencing for domestic-relationship murders with mistaken victim identity: The importance given to general deterrence in this case illustrates one sentencing outcome. Whether similar factual scenarios should attract lesser or greater non-parole periods will depend on higher court guidance and comparative sentencing patterns.
Conclusion
R v Ibrahim is a sentencing judgment that demonstrates three core messages: intentionality is assessed by the accused's belief as to identity (so mistaken identity does not necessarily defeat a murder charge); hypnotically recovered memories should be treated with scepticism and may explain rather than excuse implausible defences; and even where mental disturbance and difficult personal backgrounds exist, premeditated domestic violence requires significant custodial sentences to uphold the sanctity of life and deter similar conduct ([14], [17], [20], [26], [56], [80]). Counsel relying on post-event hypnotic recollections or psychiatric mitigation should ensure corroboration and be prepared to address the strong public interest in deterrence and protection emphasised by Coldrey J.
Judgment (27 paragraphs)
[1]
David Ibrahim, you have been found guilty by a jury of the murder of Sue Connie Chircop at Keilor Downs on 27 September 1998. It is now my responsibility to sentence you. In order to do so, it is necessary to examine the facts surrounding the commission of this offence so as to place your actions in context. Those facts, as I regard the jury to have found them, may be briefly summarised.
[2]
On the morning of 27 September 1998, you drove in your red Ford utility from your mother's home in Newport to the Keilor Downs area. You were armed with two .25 pistols, a Browning and a Tanfoglio, and you were seeking a confrontation with your ex de facto wife Carol Chircop. As fate would have it, as you drove south down Copernicus Way, Keilor Downs, you observed the red Ford Probe vehicle usually driven by Carol Chircop travelling in the opposite direction towards Lady Nelson Way. You swung your vehicle across the path of the red Probe, forcing it to screech to a halt. There are a number of witnesses to what followed. You alighted from your vehicle in a manner described as angry or aggressive and moved quickly towards the stationary red Probe. You had already armed yourself with the Browning pistol, which was loaded and cocked ready to fire. On arriving at a position about a metre away from where the offside front door and quarter panel joined, you raised your weapon and commenced firing. Four shots were fired in quick succession. The first two penetrated the front windscreen of the vehicle. The second two were fired through the driver's side window into the back of the female driver who, the jury would have inferred, was crouching over in a futile endeavour to escape injury. On the preponderance of evidence, no words were spoken by you, although one witness heard a female screaming at the time the shots were being fired.
[3]
Somehow the red Probe managed to leave the scene. Whether this was through the efforts of the mortally wounded driver or the endeavours of its other occupant, a male seated in the front passenger seat, it is impossible to say. Certainly, when the vehicle approached its final destination, a paddock in nearby Lipton Street, the driver was seen to be slumped sideways and the driver's wheel was being controlled by the passenger. The course of that vehicle had been across a vacant block of land on the corner of Copernicus and Lady Nelson Way, into Lady Nelson Way, and right into Lipton Street.
[4]
After the red Probe took off, you moved quickly back to your utility and initially pursued the Probe across the vacant land. For some reason, that pursuit did not continue and instead you drove to the home of acquaintances, Tom and Margaret Provelsek, at Nepean Court, Taylors Lakes. You told Mrs Prevolsek that you had just shot Carol and you wanted her to hide you. A similar request for assistance was made to Mr Prevolsek. When he refused to become involved, you put the Tanfoglio pistol under your chin and discharged it. The bullet passed through your neck and mouth and lodged beside your nose without entering the brain. As to your state of mind at this time, Mr Prevolsek said that you "seemed to be boiling" and that your eyes were rolling. It is likely this was an unsuccessful suicide attempt. One side effect of this injury may have been the loss of your memory of events which you later asserted. In this regard I also take into account the evidence of a neuro-psychologist, Mr David Stokes, that you are afflicted with a memory disorder involving difficulty in registering information in situations of anxiety, mood disorder or emotional disturbance.
[5]
There is no doubt, however, that at this time you believed you had shot Carol Chircop. In fact you had not; cruelly and tragically, you had shot her sister Sue who was using Carol's car to drive a friend home. Your failure to accurately identify your victim may well be attributable to your state of anger at the time of the shooting. That anger was a manifestation of the ongoing animosity you felt towards your former de facto wife. I have no doubt the jury would have been satisfied that when you fired the fatal shots you intended to kill the person you believed to be Carol Chircop.
[6]
The account of the shooting which you gave to the jury had its genesis in an allegedly recovered memory of events following two sessions of hypnosis with a psychiatrist, Professor Graham Burrows, in June and July 2000. In this version you asserted that the deceased aimed what you believed to be a gun at you and you fired in self-defence. Clearly, the jury found that you had no such belief at that time. No gun was ever found. In my view, the jury also rejected your assertion of being in the area for the purpose of returning the loaded Browning pistol to a friend, whose name and address you refused to reveal to the court. Similarly, the jury may be regarded as declining to accept your claim that you stopped the Ford Probe to inquire of Carol why she had refused to take your son Jake back from you on the previous day (Jake being the child of your relationship with Carol Chircop and aged five at the time of Sue Chircop's death).
[7]
It was put by your senior counsel, Mr Punshon, that your evidence of acting in self-defence was not a lie but was a genuinely held, albeit mistaken, reconstruction through the hypnotic process. Accordingly, any lack of expression of real remorse had to be placed in the context of that mistaken belief. There is a considerable body of expert opinion that hypnosis produces illusory memories or, as some experts express it, "hypnosis provides no guaranteed access to unblemished memory or unvarnished truth". I am prepared to find that your evidence of shooting in self-defence was the result of what may be described as confabulation or false memory rather than any wilfully false account by you, even though I regard your earlier statements, to which I have referred, as being deliberate untruths.
[8]
I am, however, satisfied that your acts were performed in a state of some emotional turmoil, and I shall refer to the history of your mental state shortly. Nonetheless, this was a grave offence. It was premeditated in the sense that you set out armed and with the intention of confronting Carol Chircop and shooting her.
[9]
I have remarked on a number of occasions that the courts have a duty, through the imposition of appropriate sentences, to uphold the sanctity of human life. Violent responses to the emotional problems created by domestic relationships cannot be tolerated by the courts and there is a duty to deter those who may be minded to resort to such violence.
[10]
It was put on your behalf that your mental state at this time reduced to some extent both your level of moral culpability and the weight to be accorded to general deterrence. This involves an examination of the evidence relating to your mental state.
[11]
The background to the events of 27 September may be found firstly in your relationship with Carol Chircop. There were allegations of ongoing threats and violence by you towards Ms Chircop. You denied such allegations and it is not necessary to determine where the truth lies. It is clear, however, that the relationship was a turbulent one and that you separated in March 1998 in acrimonious circumstances. At about that time, or shortly thereafter, there was an incident near your home at Hillside where you were the victim of a shooting in which you were hit in the head by a number of shotgun pellets. Whatever be the truth as to the circumstances of that event, you were convinced that the shots were fired by Mr Frank Chircop, the father of Carol Chircop, and that he had been driven to the scene by his daughter. Indeed, you ultimately informed the police of this belief. In the event no charges were laid by the police. This event appears to have fuelled your anger and resentment of the Chircop family and perhaps created a sense of injustice.
[12]
Those feelings of anger and resentment were expressed by you to the staff at the Werribee Mercy Hospital where your family, concerned about your mental state, had sought your admission on 9 September 1998. At this stage you spoke of your inability to cope and a desire to end your life. One reason you advanced was the separation from your wife. Your treatment was principally under the control of a consultant psychiatrist Dr Fionnuala Dunne. During the period from 9 September to your discharge on 18 September, you expressed anger about the separation from your ex de facto and the attempt by her father to shoot you. For example, you told a Dr Rajan that you wanted to kill your ex de facto before she took your son to Queensland, and that, on 11 September, when you had absented yourself from the hospital you had walked in a park in front of your father-in-law's house with a metal bar wanting to kill him and get revenge. Dr Dunne observed that you would become angry and aggressive quite quickly. Her diagnosis was that you had an adjustment disorder involving feelings of sadness, anger and an inability to cope with a serious life disorder.
[13]
On 20 September you were readmitted to the hospital at the behest of your brother after taking 25 Temazepam tablets. You discharged yourself on 21 September and thereafter failed to keep follow-up appointments scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of that month. It was Dr Dunne's opinion that you were not actively suicidal at the time of each discharge.
[14]
Subsequent to your separation from Carol Chircop, a court order had been made in which Ms Chircop obtained custody of, and you were granted access to, the child Jake. On 26 September you attended at Keilor Downs Plaza for the delivery of Jake to you for an access visit. At the handover of the child you were alleged to have threatened to kill Frank Chircop and to have covered yourself by voluntary admission to a psychiatric hospital. Hearing these remarks, Carol Chircop claimed to have endeavoured to prevent this access. I am not prepared to find beyond reasonable doubt that such a conversation occurred. The conduct of Ms Chircop later on that same afternoon in declining your telephone request to take Jake back is quite inconsistent with such an occurrence.
[15]
On the evening of the same day, after having seen your general practitioner, Dr Assad, you were taken by a brother to the Royal Melbourne Hospital where you were examined by a psychiatric registrar, Dr Elizabeth Reed. According to Dr Reed, you spoke in an angry manner about your ex-wife and her father and about antagonisms in relation to access to your son. Included in the history you gave Dr Reed was that you had previously tried to strangle yourself and had reasonably taken a number of Temazepam tablets. Dr Reed's diagnosis was of an anti-social personality disorder. It was based upon your use of illicit drugs, conflict situations with others, including your ex-partner and her father, and impulsivity relating to illicit substance abuse and suicidal behaviour. (I should add for completeness that in the period leading up to the shooting you had apparently been self-medicating on marijuana and perhaps cocaine.) Dr Reed formed the view that you were not planning to harm yourself that evening.
[16]
Neither Dr Dunne nor Dr Reed regarded you as suffering from any psychotic illness; nor were they of the opinion you were suffering from any major depressive disorder.
[17]
The latter view was not shared by experienced psychiatrists, Professor Graham Burrows and Dr John Grigor. Their view, based upon a review of the file notes, was that such a disorder was present. On 22 September you had been interviewed by a psychologist, Ms Nicole Lefkovits. Although obviously not possessing psychiatric qualifications, Ms Lefkovits had formed the view (shared by a colleague Mr Tim Watson-Munro) that you were suffering from severe depression and that you were suicidal. She noted at that stage you were taking the anti-depressant medication Zoloft.
[18]
The conflict of expert opinion as to your precise mental state at the time of the shooting is probably impossible to resolve. On the one hand, you have psychiatrists who had the advantage of personal observations whilst, on the other, there is the view of psychiatrists of admittedly greater experience but who had to base their views upon file notes.
[19]
It seems to me that at the critical time you were affected by a number of emotions. These included feelings of depression and hopelessness but also feelings of anger and resentment. All these emotions played a role in distorting your judgment at the time of the fatal shooting. Whether the feelings of hopelessness and depression you were experiencing are to be regarded as reducing your level of moral culpability, or lessening to some extent the weight to be given to general, or even specific, deterrence is problematic. It was conceded that the present case did not attract the principles enunciated in R v. Anderson nor, in my opinion, are the propositions set out in R v.Tsiaras directly on point. I am, however, prepared to take your emotional condition into account in mitigating, to some degree, the circumstances of what may otherwise be described as a premeditated killing. I also take into account your general cooperation in the efforts of your family to seek psychiatric assistance for what they obviously regarded as your deteriorating mental situation.
[20]
In considering the appropriate sentence, there are matters personal to you which I must take into account. Before doing so, however, I wish to say something about the deceased.
[21]
Sue Chircop was aged only 28 years at the time of her death. As the victim impact statements make clear, she was part of a closely knit and loving family. As a result of her death the health of her parents, Annette and Frank Chircop, has deteriorated and what were once family occasions of celebration are no longer joyous. Her sister Carol has been traumatised by Sue's death. She has experienced feelings of guilt and she describes a life devoid of real happiness and in which her work capacity and a desire to form relationships with others have been adversely affected. In short, Sue Chircop's death, and the manner in which it occurred, is something from which the Chircop family will never fully recover.
[22]
David Ibrahim, you are presently 30 years of age, having been born in January 1971. Your family background is Lebanese but you were born in Australia as the seventh of eight children. Your mother, who is aged 63, and is in relatively poor health, remains supportive of you. Your father, a factory worker, died in 1991. It appears that he was a person who was violent towards family members when drunk. As a child you frequently ran away from home and you were placed in foster care at about the age of 9 or 10. You spent periods of time at Baltara, Turana and Tally Ho Boys Home. From about the age of 13 you lived principally with your brother Nick. At 17 you met Carol Chircop and after a few months you commenced living with her at your parents' home in Newport. This was the first of a number of residences. The child of your union, Jake, was born in September 1993.
[23]
You were educated at Newport Primary School and Syndal Technical School where you left after failing to complete the first term of Form 3. Apart from evidence of your memory problems, the witness David Stokes placed your IQ at about 80, being at the low end of average intelligence.
[24]
You began working in the building industry with your brother Nick and you were also, for a period of time, employed at an abattoir. Your work history, however, has been characterised by long periods of unemployment.
[25]
You have a number of Magistrates' Court convictions for street and driving offences as well as a conviction for trafficking in a drug of dependence and for possession of a drug of dependence, the latter offences both involving Indian hemp. You intend to plead guilty later this month to an offence of trafficking in a drug of dependence relating to the hydroponic cultivation of about 30 plants. None of these offences is of great significance in determining the sentence to be imposed upon you; of more importance is that you have no recorded history of violent offending.
[26]
I take into account your disadvantaged childhood, your efforts to obtain medical assistance for your deteriorating mental condition prior to 27 September, the level of emotional turmoil surrounding the shooting, and your lack of prior convictions for violence. I must also take into account, however, the gravity of the offence itself.
[27]
Balancing as best I can the sentencing principles enunciated in the Sentencing Act, I have concluded that the appropriate sentence is that you be imprisoned for a period of 19 years. I fix a minimum period of 14 years before you become eligible for parole. Further, I declare that the period to be reckoned as already served under this sentence is 990 days inclusive of today's date. I direct that there be noted in the records of the court the fact that such declaration is made and its details.
Parties
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Respondent/Defendant:
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AI Analysis
Outcomedefendant
Disposition:
Sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment, minimum 14 years before eligibility for parole; 990 days declared as already served ([80]).