R v CAMPBELL-BETTS; R v COE [2021] NSWDC 346

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v CAMPBELL-BETTS; R v COE [2021] NSWDC 346 Hearing dates: 25 June, 2021 Date of orders: 27 July, 2021 Decision date: 27 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Lerve DCJ Decision: Both offenders sentenced to an aggregate sentence of 4 years and 9 months with a non-parole period of 3 years 2 months. Catchwords: CRIME - Robbery in company, car-jacking of taxi armed with knife SENTENCING – co-offenders – neither entitled to leniency with criminal records – both on conditional liberty – Bugmy factors – partial accumulation Legislation Cited: Crimes Act, 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, 1999 Road Transport Act, 2013 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (Expert Witness Code of Conduct) Cases Cited: Atkinson v Coles Supermarkets Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1063 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209 Locke v R (2010) 207 A Crim R 34 Nguyen v R [2007] NSWCCA 14 Qoro v R [2020] NSWCCA 276 R v Barker & Gibson [2006] NSWCCA 20 R v Henry & Ors (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Merrin (2007) 174 A Crim R 100 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Robert Campbell-Betts (Offender) Jai Coe (Offender) Representation: Solicitors: Ms M McFarlane, Office of Director of Public Prosecutions Ms H Dreher, Aboriginal Legal Service, (for the offender Campbell-Betts) Ms B Winn, Aboriginal Legal Service, (for the offender Coe) File Number(s): 2020/121936 (Campbell-Betts) 2020/126354 (Coe) Publication restriction: No