NSW Caselaw
District Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: R v Law [2020] NSWDC 724 Hearing dates: 26 October 2020 Date of orders: 26 October 2020 Decision date: 26 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: Sentence of imprisonment of 3 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 2 years Catchwords: CRIME — Violent offences — Armed robbery — Offensive weapon SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Probation and parole — Non-parole period Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Weng Seng Winson Law (Offender) Representation: Isabelle Youssef (Crown) Helen Shaw (Solicitor for the Offender)
Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Legal Aid (Offender) File Number(s): 2019/00405119
REVISED EX TEMPORE JUDGEMENT
Introduction 1. Weng Seng Law, who also has the name Winson, pleaded guilty in the Local Court at Central on 30 July 2020 to a charge of robbery armed with an offensive weapon, contrary to s 97(1) Crimes Act 1900. 2. The particulars of the offence are that he robbed a man named DW of $270 in Australian currency at the time he was armed with a 30 centimetre black handled kitchen knife.
Penalty 1. The maximum penalty to which he is exposed is imprisonment for 20 years. There is no standard non‑parole period for the purposes of Part 4 Division 1A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.
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