A 17-year non-parole period for murder is within the customary range where the offending is towards the upper end of the scale of seriousness, involving sustained violence, intention to kill, and aggravating post-offence conduct including disposal of the body and steps to avoid responsibility. A mental disorder that does not amount to a major or significant psychiatric or mental illness, while reducing culpability, does not substantially affect the appropriateness of general deterrence.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 22 later cases that cite this judgment.
1 of the 22 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.