R v Razzaghipour; R v Rixon; R v Charbel [2020] NSWDC 882

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Razzaghipour; R v Rixon; R v Charbel [2020] NSWDC 882 Hearing dates: 19 June; 2 and 3 September 2020 Date of orders: 17 September 2020 Decision date: 17 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: Alisina Razzaghipour is convicted of attempt to possess an unlawfully imported border controlled drug, namely cocaine, of a commercial quantity, namely 41.5434 kgs pure. Alisina Razzaghipour is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 9 years and 10 months to date from 25 July 2019, expiring 24 May 2029, with a non-parole period of 5 years and 10 months expiring 24 May 2025. Christopher Rixon is convicted of attempt to possess an unlawfully imported border controlled drug, namely cocaine, of a commercial quantity, namely 41.5434 kgs pure. Christopher Rixon is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 8 years and 3 months to date from 25 July 2019, expiring 24 October 2027, with a non-parole period of 4 years and 11 months expiring 24 June 2024. Maroun Charbel is convicted of aid and abet an attempt to possess an unlawfully imported border controlled drug, namely cocaine, of a commercial quantity, namely 41.5434 kgs pure. Maroun Charbel is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 6 years to date from 25 July 2019, expiring 24 July 2025, with a non-parole period of 3 years and 7 months expiring on 24 February 2023. Catchwords: CRIME – sentencing - drug offences - Commonwealth offences - possession of unlawfully imported border - controlled drug – attempt - aid and abet - commercial quantity - cocaine Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s 16A, s 19AB Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), s 11.2 Cases Cited: Bae v R [2020] NSWCCA 35 Betka v R; Ghazaoui v R; Hawchar v R [2020] NSWCCA 191 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Said Khodor El Karhani (1990) 21 NSWLR 370; (1990) 97 ALR 373 El-Ghourani v The Queen (2009) 195 A Crim R 208; [2009] NSWCCA 140 Filippou v R (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Ma v R [2010] NSWCCA 320 McKinnon v R [2020] NSWCCA 106 Moodie v R [2020] NSWCCA 160 Okafor v R [2007] NSWCCA 147 Onuorah v R [2009] NSWCCA 238 R v Au (Unreported, District Court of New South Wales, 7 March 2008) R v Chen & Others (2002) 130 A Crim R 300; [2002] NSWCCA 174 R v Ferrer-Esis (1991) 55 A Crim R 231 R v Girard, Andrew John, R v Girard, Tessa Maree [2004] NSWCCA 170 R v Hinton (2002) 134 A Crim R 286; [2002] NSWCCA 405 R v Leroy [1984] 2 NSWLR 441 R v Mostafa Dib [2020] NSWDC 145 R v Nguyen (2005) 157 A Crim R 80; [2005] NSWCCA 362 R v Niketic [2002] NSWCCA 425 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Palu [2002] NSWCCA 381 R v Pang (1999) 105 A Crim R 474; [1999] NSWCCA 4 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Stanbouli (2003) 141 A Crim R 531; [2003] NSWCCA 355 R v Togias (2001) 127 A Crim R 23; [2001] NSWCCA 522 R v Zeng [2008] NSWCCA 183 Regina v Kaldor [2004] NSWCCA 425 Regina v Michael Arthur Falls [2004] NSWCCA 335 Scott v R [2020] NSWCCA 81 Smith v R [2020] NSWCCA 181 Taumoepeau v R, Siaki v R [2020] NSWCCA 200 Wong v The Queen; Leung v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Category: Sentence Parties: Proceedings 2019/231623 Regina Alisina Razzaghipour (Offender)