Nweke v R [2020] NSWCCA 153

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nweke v R [2020] NSWCCA 153 Hearing dates: 15 April 2020 Decision date: 09 July 2020 Before: McCallum JA; Davies J; Button J Decision: 1. Grant leave to appeal against conviction. 2. Dismiss the appeal against conviction. 3. Grant leave to appeal against sentence. 4. Allow the appeal against sentence. 5. Grant leave to the parties to provide supplementary submissions as to the issue raised at [137]-[140] of this judgment within 7 days. Catchwords: CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against conviction — Unreasonable verdict — circumstantial case —prosecution case resting primarily on intercepted telephone calls translated into English in which participants used coded language to refer to prohibited drugs — whether the evidence supported the inference that an admitted agreement to traffic cocaine extended to bringing the cocaine into Australia CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against Sentence — where accused committed offence while on parole for previous Commonwealth offence — parole order taken to have been revoked upon imposition of second sentence by force of s 19AQ(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) — whether upon subsequent sentencing s 19AQ(5) requires whole of parole period to be served by the offender — whether offender entitled to reduction for "clean street time" CRIME — Appeals — Appeal against sentence — Manifest excess Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), ss 16E, 19AA, 19AQ, 19AR, 19AS, 19APB Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s 6 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5(1), 307.1(1) Cases Cited: Dickson v R [2017] NSWCCA 78 DPP (Cth) v WJB (2000) 78 SASR 44 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89; [2007] HCA 22 Fennell v The Queen (2019) 373 ALR 433; [2019] HCA 37 Khaled Jomaa v The Queen [2014] VSCA 103 Lam v R (2014) 241 A Crim R 562; [2014] WASCA 114 Lehn v R [2016] NSWCCA 255 M v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 487; [1994] HCA 63 MFA v The Queen (2002) 213 CLR 606; [2002] HCA 53 Morris v R (1987) 163 CLR 454; [1987] HCA 50 Mulholland v R [2019] NSWCCA 257 Obiekwe v R [2018] NSWCCA 55 R v Ahmed (2007) 15 VR 501; [2007] VSCA 49 R v Arico (No 2) [2002] VSCA 230 R v Baden-Clay (2016) 258 CLR 308; [2016] HCA 35 R v Hughes [2020] NSWDC 98 R v Piacentino; R v Ahmed (2007) 15 VR 501; [2007] VSCA 49 R v Ruha, Ruha and Harris; Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2010) 198 A Crim R 430; [2011] 2 Qd R 456 SKA v R (2011) 243 CLR 400; [2011] HCA 13 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dirichukwu Patrick Nweke (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Finnane QC and Nicole S Carroll (Applicant) Robert Ranken (Respondent)