Kabir v R [2020] NSWCCA 139

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kabir v R [2020] NSWCCA 139 Hearing dates: 29 May 2020 Date of orders: 08 July 2020 Decision date: 08 July 2020 Before: Hoeben CJ at CL at [1] Harrison J at [2] Wilson J at [96] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Dismiss the appeal. Catchwords: APPEAL – sentence appeal – where appellant obtained a financial advantage by deception from a Commonwealth entity – where bank accounts opened for tax refunds from lodgement of false income tax returns – where appellant dealt with proceeds of crime – where additional offence to be taken into account on s 16BA schedule – whether appellant asked whether he wished the additional offence to be taken into account – whether denial of procedural fairness – whether a particular person to be considered victim of offending – where term victim to be construed broadly – whether sentencing judge took relevant matters into account – whether error in finding appellant was not remorseful Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16, 16AAA, 16A(2), 16BA(1),(2) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 33 Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), ss 134.2(1), 135.1(5), 400.5(1) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115; 231 A Crim R 413 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518 Brown v R (2018) 99 NSWLR 151; [2018] NSWCCA 257 CSR Ltd v Eddy (2005) 226 CLR 1; [2005] HCA 64 Ex parte Gleeson [1907] VLR 368 Finance Facilities Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1971) 127 CLR 106; [1971] HCA 12 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 HT v The Queen [2019] HCA 40; 93 ALJR 1307 Jung v R [2017] NSWCCA 24 Lamb v Moss (1983) 49 ALR 533 LS v R [2020] NSWCCA 27 Milne v R [2012] NSWCCA 24; 219 A Crim R 237 Newman v R [2018] NSWCCA 208 Newmarch v Atkinson (1918) 25 CLR 381; [1918] HCA 53 O'Neil-Shaw v Regina [2010] NSWCCA 42 Purves v R [2019] NSWCCA 227 R v Betka [2020] NSWSC 77 R v Brandt [2004] NSWCCA 3 R v Calcutt [2012] NSWCCA 40; 221 A Crim R 505 R v Capper [2000] NSWCCA 63 R v Felton [2002] NSWCCA 443; 135 A Crim R 328 R v Hinton [2002] NSWCCA 405; 134 A Crim R 286 R v Irusta [2000] NSWCCA 391; 117 A Crim R 6 R v Kennedy [2000] NSWCCA 527 R v Khan (No 11) [2019] NSWSC 594 R v Nahlous [2013] NSWCCA 90; 228 A Crim R 503 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; 127 A Crim R 369 R v Togias [2001] NSWCCA 522; 127 A Crim R 23 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 Singh v R [2018] NSWCCA 60 Spence v Queensland [2019] HCA 15; 93 ALJR 643 Tsiakas v R [2015] NSWCCA 187 Vaiusu v R [2017] NSWCCA 71 Ward v Williams (1955) 92 CLR 496; [1955] HCA 4 Woodward v R [2017] NSWCCA 44 Zhao v R [2016] NSWCCA 179 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohamed Kabir (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Game SC (Applicant) S Dowling SC with G Wright (Respondent)