Roger Deans Case Essay

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Context of Crime
Roger Kingsley Dean (37 years old) former aged care nurse of Quakers hill nursing home, purposely lit a fire in the aged care home in order to hide evidence of him having had stolen medication. The Fire killed 11 residents, Roger was arrested for murder not long after the crime that had taken place on November 18 2011.
Assessment of Role of the Courts
Roger Kingsley Deans case took place in NSW supreme court. The Supreme Court is the highest New South Wales court in the Australian court hierarchy. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters
Roger Deans case was heard in the Supreme Court of NSW as his criminal act was an indictable offence meaning that is …show more content…
Roger Deans admitted to police in an interview that criminal act was intended "I used a cigarette lighter and I lit an empty bed and it got out of control and I got really scared because I didn't think it would spread so quickly,” as Deans actions were intended and were actually committed the prosecutors were able to find that the act was indeed Mens rea as well as Actus reus.
Prosecution also presented the chain of causation (The link between the act and the crime.). The chain of causation was that Dean had lit a fire in two parts of the building in order to cover up his theft of medication from the facility.

Plea
Roger Deans court appeal took place in May 2013. Dean pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murder, eight chargers of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm and two counts of larceny over the theft of drugs.
Penalties
Dean was later sentenced to life imprisonment on the 1st of August 2013 with a non-parole period by judge Megan Latham she applied section 61 (1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) in sentencing Dean to life
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