(First posted 05.12.2008)
How would you like to be this fellow's lawyer?...
Adam Patrick Owens, 35, of Cremorne recently pleaded guilty to murdering his mother in 2006. Apparently she was a green activist and was described as feisty. She was 69 at the time. Just before he was to go to trial, he changed his plea to guilty. The matter came before the NSW Supreme Court today for sentencing submissions where Mr Owens addressed the Court on his own behalf, no doubt leaving his barrister seated at the bar staring at the ceiling and rolling his eyes.
Mr Owens asked that mitigating matters be ignored and that he be given the maximum penalty, crticising the prosecutor who raised an issue of depression, saying "Please stop trying to mitigate the offence, it sends a terrible message to the public."
How would you like to be this fellow's lawyer?...
Adam Patrick Owens, 35, of Cremorne recently pleaded guilty to murdering his mother in 2006. Apparently she was a green activist and was described as feisty. She was 69 at the time. Just before he was to go to trial, he changed his plea to guilty. The matter came before the NSW Supreme Court today for sentencing submissions where Mr Owens addressed the Court on his own behalf, no doubt leaving his barrister seated at the bar staring at the ceiling and rolling his eyes.
Mr Owens asked that mitigating matters be ignored and that he be given the maximum penalty, crticising the prosecutor who raised an issue of depression, saying "Please stop trying to mitigate the offence, it sends a terrible message to the public."
In a somewhat unusual approach to a sentencing submission, Mr Owen told the Court:
"I knew exactly what I was doing. My intention was to kill her and anything else is incorrect. It was quite clear what I was doing. I'm not in the least remorseful, nor am I repentant. Given the time over, I would do the same again."
Mr Owen did express some regret: "I regret, perhaps, not doing it 20 years earlier."
Sentencing is scheduled for December 19.
Source: SMH 05.12.2008 at http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/i-wish-id-killed-my-mum-earlier/2008/12/05/1228257286547.html
"I knew exactly what I was doing. My intention was to kill her and anything else is incorrect. It was quite clear what I was doing. I'm not in the least remorseful, nor am I repentant. Given the time over, I would do the same again."
Mr Owen did express some regret: "I regret, perhaps, not doing it 20 years earlier."
Sentencing is scheduled for December 19.
Source: SMH 05.12.2008 at http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/i-wish-id-killed-my-mum-earlier/2008/12/05/1228257286547.html
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