John Marriott's stepson from his first marriage. THE QUEEN v ALBURY, Andrew Christopher TITLE OF COURT: SUPREME COURT OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY JURISDICTION: SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY EXERCISING TERRITORY JURISDICTION FILE NO: 832057 DELIVERED: 12 November 2004 HEARING DATES: 26 & 27 July and 26 & 27 October 2004 [1] This is an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (“the Director”) pursuant to the provisions of the Sentencing (Crime of Murder) and Parole Reform Act 2003 (“the Act”). The respondent is serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the crime of murder. In substance the Director seeks an order revoking the non-parole period of 20 years fixed by the Act together with an order refusing to fix a non-parole period in respect of the sentence. [45] The psychiatrist concluded that the respondent was su ff ering from schizophrenia which resulted in delusions and hallucinations. In summary, the psychiatrist concluded as follows: “Albury is an extremely dangerous man. His mental disorder is such that he has a casual disregard for the act of killing. ... He still fantasizes about killing people. He has a fantasy about terrorising a town by committing casual, motiveless murder for the purpose of making people frightened that they may be the next to be killed. He is not seeking publicity or notoriety. He simply gets pleasure out of the thought of having that degree of control over people. There is
also a sadistic element to his killing. He derives pleasure from the mutilation of the body of the victim. He finds that pleasure hard to describe. He says that it ‘makes it interesting’. He makes it clear that given his casual attitude to murder he would kill again given the opportunity.”
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