R v Doudar [2020] NSWSC 1262

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Doudar [2020] NSWSC 1262 Hearing dates: 9 September 2020 Decision date: 17 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Imprisonment for 4 years and 6 months with a non-parole period of 3 years and 4 months. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing – accessory after the fact to murder – offender helped concealed getaway vehicle following public execution – moderate objective seriousness – no real subjective case STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 25D(4)(a) – facts and evidence of accessory after charge "substantially the same" as original murder charge Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 316(1), 349(1) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 25B, 25D Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Doudar v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (unrep, Supreme Court NSW, 17 April 2020) Moto Projects (No 2) Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council (1999) 106 LGERA 298; [1999] NSWLEC 280 R v Johnson [2014] NSWSC 1254 R v Lawrence [2019] NSWDC 666 R v McCloskey (No 5) [2020] NSWSC 1087 R v Stanford, Marcus [2016] NSWSC 1174 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 11 October 2017 NSW Law Reform Commission, Encouraging Appropriate Early Guilty Pleas (Report No 141, December 2014) Oxford English Dictionary Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Ahmad Doudar Representation: Counsel: Mr L Lungo (Crown) Mr G Brady SC with Mr P Lange (Offender)