R v Conroy [2020] NSWDC 604

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Conroy [2020] NSWDC 604 Hearing dates: 11 September 2020 Date of orders: 11 September 2020 Decision date: 11 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Sentence 4 years – NPP 2 years 4 months Catchwords: FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW – SENTENCE Attempt to import a marketable quantity of methamphetamine (194.376 grams pure) – Offender 22 years old at the time of the offence, 23 years at sentence – No prior relevant conviction – Some disadvantage growing up – Suffering a generalised anxiety disorder at time of offence which affected his judgment – Offender knew what the drug was and how much drug there was prior to attempting the importation – Expected to make between $4,000 & $5,000. Legislation Cited: Criminal Code 1995 Cases Cited: R v Faver [2020] SAFC 49 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina – Crown Luke William Conroy – Offender Representation: J. Rolan – Crown W. Brewer – Offender File Number(s): 2019/00315445 Publication restriction: Nil.

Judgment 1. HIS HONOUR: Luke William Conroy stands for sentence as a result of pleading guilty to a charge that on or about 9 October 2019 at Sydney in this State he did attempt to import a substance, the substance being a border controlled drug, namely methamphetamine and the quantity attempted to be imported was a marketable quantity. By the combined operation of s 307.2(1) and s 11.1(1) of the Criminal Code, that is an offence punishable by imprisonment for 25 years and or a fine of 5,000 penalty units. The offender attempted to take delivery of an importation of 194.376 grams of pure methamphetamine at the Kensington Post Office on 9 October 2019.