R v Spinks [2021] NSWDC 452

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Spinks [2021] NSWDC 452 Hearing dates: 18 August 2021 Decision date: 02 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 7 years 6 months with a non parole period of 4 years. Catchwords: CRIME - multiple offences - supply commercial quantity of prohibited drug MDA - Receiving stolen motor vehicle - Supply shortened firearm without authority - Supply prohibited drug methylamphetamine - Possess defaced firearm SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence – multiple offences – multiple Forms 1 – Drug supply- firearm supply- community safety- accumulation and concurrence- accumulation on existing sentence- totality – parity and proportionality with a number of co-offenders Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drug (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Firearms Act 1996 Summary Offences Act 1988 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002, [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Do v R [2010] NSWCCA 182 Green v The Queen (2011) 244CLR 462 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Jadron v R [2015] NSWCCA 217 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Mbele v R [2021] NSWCCA 182 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Cahyadi [2007] NSWCCA 1; 168 A Crim R 41 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v Dekker;R v Kominkovski [2021] NSWDC 186 R v Frankcom [2021] NSWDC 294 R v Glynatsis [2013] NSWCCA 131 R v Harris [2007] NSWCCA 130; 171 A Crim R 267 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v Kinzett [2021] NSWDC 339 R v Mohamad [2005] NSWCCA 204 R v Spinks [2021] NSWSC 649 R v Warren [2019] NSWDC 820 R v West [2019] NSWDC 838 R v Wheeler [2000] NSWCCA 34 R v Williams [2019] NSWDC 804 R v XX (2009) 195 A Crim R 38 Tran v R [2010] NSWCCA 183 Category: Sentence Parties: Matthew Henry Spinks (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr S Fraser, Public Defender (for the offender)