R v Zeng (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 187

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Zeng (No 2) [2021] NSWDC 187 Hearing dates: 12 March 2021 Decision date: 20 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Mahony SC DCJ Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [76]. Catchwords: Arson committed for financial gain Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Doudar v R [2021] NSWCCA 37 Porter v R [2008] NSWCCA 145 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Zeng [2020] NSWDC 761 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Rui Zeng (Offender) Representation: Counsel: S Hughes (Crown) G Hoare (Offencer)

Solicitors: File Number(s): 19/254631 20/45691 Publication restriction: Nil

remarks on sentence 1. On 16 December 2020 the offender was found guilty following a judge alone trial that took place from 18 November to 7 December 2020, of one count on an Indictment: 1. On 22 April 2019, at Auburn in the State of New South Wales, dishonestly, with a view to making a gain for himself, did damage property, namely, the warehouse located at 6/164 Adderley Street West, Auburn, and its contents, by means of fire. 1. The maximum penalty proscribed for the offence is 14 years imprisonment and there is no Standard Non-Parole Period. 2. The offender was arrested on 15 August 2019 and has been in custody since that date. 3. These remarks on sentence should be read together with my reasons on verdict delivered on 16 December 2020 [2020] NSWDC 761.