R v Malas; R v Chaouk [2020] NSWDC 893

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Malas; R v Chaouk [2020] NSWDC 893 Hearing dates: 17 December 2020 Date of orders: 17 December 2020 Decision date: 17 December 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Malas: An aggregate term of imprisonment of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years, 3 months: at [52] Chaouk: A term of imprisonment of 6 years with a non-parole period of 4 years: at [52]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Record of previous convictions — Planned or organised criminal activity SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty— Rehabilitation — Remorse SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Deterrence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Maximum penalty — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Hardship — Health issues — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentence Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Assam v R [2019] NSWCCA 12 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Ebrahami v R [2019] NSWCCA 27 Matthews v R; New v R [2018] NSWCCA 186 Matu v R [2019] NSWCCA 23 R v Achmar [2018] NSWDC 461 R v Khalil; R v Bilson [2019] NSWDC 271 R v Rustom; R v Vernon [2017] NSWDC 245 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown)