R v Sara [2020] NSWCCA 119

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sara [2020] NSWCCA 119 Hearing dates: 29 April 2020 Date of orders: 01 July 2020 Decision date: 01 July 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Hoeben CJ at CL at [2] Harrison J at [3] Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: APPEAL – Crown appeal against sentence – where offender participated in a conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of border controlled drug – where offender middle man responsible for creating introductions between overseas group and Australian group – whether sentence manifestly inadequate Legislation Cited: Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5(1), 307.1(1) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd v Hive Marketing Group Pty Ltd (2019) 99 NSWLR 419; [2019] NSWCA 61 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571; [2013] HCA 37 Burrows v R [2017] NSWCCA 45 CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Haynes [2017] VSCA 79; 270 A Crim R 455 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Lombard [2008] NSWCCA 110; 184 A Crim R 565 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Haines v R [2018] NSWCCA 269 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Horvath v R [2019] NSWCCA 285 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Moore v R [2016] NSWCCA 185 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 R v Amohanga [2005] NSWCCA 249; 155 A Crim R 202 R v Burns [2007] NSWCCA 228 R v Hernando [2002] NSWCCA 489; 136 A Crim R 451 R v Irusta [2000] NSWCCA 391; 117 A Crim R 6 R v Laurentiu (1992) 63 A Crim R 402 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566; [2006] NSWCCA 242 R v Mereb; R v Younan [2014] NSWCCA 149 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; 205 A Crim R 106 R v O'Donoghue (1988) 34 A Crim R 397 R v Pham, Tran and Dang; Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2017] QCA 46 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; 127 A Crim R 369 R v Robinson [2014] NSWCCA 12 R v Schofield [2003] NSWCCA 3; 138 A Crim R 19 R v Speechley [2012] NSWCCA 130; 221 A Crim R 175 R v Stunden [2011] NSWCCA 8 Stines v R [2019] NSWCCA 115 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 The Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 Tuite v R [2018] NSWCCA 175 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Crown (Applicant) Benjamin Sara (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P McGuire SC and B Anniwell (Applicant) B Walker SC and A Djemal (Respondent)