R v Care; R v Al-Khateib [2020] NSWDC 856

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Care; R v Al-Khateib [2020] NSWDC 856 Hearing dates: 20 November 2020 Date of orders: 17 December 2020 Decision date: 17 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: Care – aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 6 years 9 months with a non-parole period of 4 years 9 months Al-Khateib – aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 5 years 6 months with a non-parole period of 3 years 6 months Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Knowingly take part in supply CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Large commercial quantity CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Cases Cited: Attorney‑General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 2 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Ramos v R [2018] NSWCCA 206 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Adrian Cosmo Care (Offender) Nour Al-Khateib (Offender) Representation: Alex Poulos (Crown) Greg James QC (Offender – Care) Philip Strickland SC (Offender – Al-Khateib)