R v Kl

[2025] NSWSC 1414

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Murder
3. › Single count of murder
4. › Where accused pleaded not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter
5. › Trial by Judge alone
1. Criminal Law
2. › Features of offending
3. › Gang violence
4. › Stabbing death by single stab wound
5. › Offence committed at Sydney Royal Easter Show
6. › Two groups of young males confronting each other in public
7. › Post-offence conduct of the accused
8. › Videos posted mocking the death of the deceased
9. › Relevance of disrespectful post-offence conduct to the s 23A(1)(b) test
1. Criminal Law
2. › Manslaughter
3. › Alternative to murder
4. › Intention
5. › What was the accused’s intention at the time he inflicted the stab wound
6. › Where Crown asserts that the accused had the intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm
7. › Where the accused was affiliated with a gang and may have been motivated by a desire for revenge
8. › Where accused armed with a weapon at a public event
9. › Where accused had witnessed the fatal consequences of a stab wound previously
1. Criminal Law
2. › Manslaughter
3. › Alternative to murder
4. › Excessive self-defence
5. › Whether the accused acted in excessive self-defence
6. › Whether the accused believed that his actions were necessary in the defence of himself or others in the circumstances as he perceived them
7. › Whether the accused observed the deceased to be a threat
8. › Whether the accused’s group were the aggressors
9. › Where PTSD impacted the accused’s perception of events

Case Details

Citation[2025] NSWSC 1414

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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Cited by2

2026YA v R (disqualification)NSWCCA 37
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Relies on2

2025R v KlNSWSC 1398
1990Shepherd v RHCA 56

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