R v Tafuna Taumalolo
[2021] NSWSC 1412
At a glance
Source factsCourt
Supreme Court of NSW
Decision date
2021-10-15
Before
Davies J
Catchwords
- (2010) 201 A Crim R 379 Charbaji v R [2019] NSWCCA 28 Howard v R [2019] NSWCCA 109 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Catchwords
Judgment (13 paragraphs)
Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Mark Rumore Solicitors (Offender) File Number(s): 2019/164320
Judgment
- On 20 August 2021, the offender Tafuna Taumalolo, pleaded guilty to the murder of Alex Ioane on 24 May 2019 at Ingleburn. He comes now to be sentenced by me.
- The offender was charged with five others, being his brother ST, cousins Suliasi and Mateaki Taumalolo, and two other persons, ET and Sione Taulepa Mayol. Those five accused have pleaded not guilty and have been committed for trial due to commence on 27 June 2022.
- The maximum penalty for murder is life imprisonment, and there is a standard non-parole period of 20 years' imprisonment. The Crown does not submit that the level of culpability of the offender is so extreme that a life sentence should be imposed.