R v Veidre [2020] NSWDC 839

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Veidre [2020] NSWDC 839 Hearing dates: 14/10/20, 16/10/20 Date of orders: 16/10/20 Decision date: 16 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bourke SC DCJ Decision: Convicted and sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 5 years with a NPP of 3 years. (4/7/19-3/7/22). I find special circumstances. The indicative sentences are: Seq 1 Supply large commercial qty – 4 years 6 months with NPP 2 years 9 months (Form 1 taken into account). Seq 2 Supply commercial qty – 3 years with NPP 1 year 10 months. Re Seq 10 Possess unauthorised firearm – s 10A conviction with no other penalty. Seq 4, 9 and 11 on the s166 certificate are withdrawn and dismissed. Catchwords: Crime – Sentence – Supply large commercial quantity methylamphetamine – Supply commercial quantity MDMA – unauthorised possession of a firearm Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 The Queen v Qi [2019] NSWCCA 73 Category: Sentence Parties: NSW DPP – Crown Buka Veidre - Offender Representation: Mr T Buckingham for Crown Mr P Boulten SC for Offender File Number(s): 2019/207552

sentence 1. Mr Buka Veidre is for sentence in relation to three offences being, firstly, sequence 1, an offence of supply not less than a large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine. In relation to that matter he asks that I take into account five further offences which are on a Form 1 document, namely, an offence of possessing ammunition, an offence of possessing a prohibited weapon, namely a silencer, an offence of possessing another prohibited weapon being a taser and an offence of possessing another prohibited weapon being a knuckle duster and a further offence of possessing a precursor, that is a drug precursor, namely iodine and safrole. 2. The second offence for which Mr Veidre is to be sentenced is an offence of supply not less than the commercial quantity of methylenedioxymethylamphetamine, also known as MDMA or ecstasy. The third offence is one of unauthorised possession of a firearm. 3. The maximum penalty for the sequence 1 offence is life imprisonment and it carries a standard non-parole period of 15 years. For the sequence 2, supply MDMA offence, the maximum penalty is 20 years imprisonment and it attracts a ten year standard non parole period. The offence of unauthorised possession of the airgun carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and no standard non-parole period is specified. Of course the maximum penalties for those offences and the standard non-parole periods where applicable are important guideposts to which I must have regard in sentencing. Mr Veidre pleaded guilty at an early opportunity and he is entitled to, and I have made allowance for, a 25% discount on account of the utilitarian value of that plea of guilty.