R v Odisho [2020] NSWDC 922

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Odisho [2020] NSWDC 922 Hearing dates: 18 June 2020 Date of orders: 18 June 2020 Decision date: 18 June 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Neilson DCJ Decision: Head sentence 7 years, NPP 4 years. Catchwords: Crime – Sentence – 4 Principal Offences – (1) Supply large commercial quantity of cocaine (2.1519kgs); (2) Supply commercial quantity of 3,4 MDMA (205.34g); (3) Possess Smith & Wesson .38 calibre revolver; (4) Possess 12 gauge, double-barrelled shotgun – Plus 3 matters on Forms 1 – To seek to discharge a large drug debt and to get money to buy further drugs to which he was addicted, O agreed to "warehouse" large quantities of drugs and firearms in a home unit occupied by him and a close friend – In an armed home invasion, O was shot in the arm and his friend was murdered – Police found drugs, paraphernalia and firearms and weapons in the home unit and in a rooftop common area where O tried to hide most of the drugs after the home invasion, prior to arrival of emergency services – O is a refugee from Iraq who had spent 10 years in Jordan where he was discriminated against and bullied because of his religion and a speech impediment – Good prospects of rehabilitation – Aggregate sentence. Legislation Cited: Firearms Act 1996 Cases Cited: R v Finigan [2019] NSWDC 590 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina – Crown Offender – Sargon Odisho Representation: Counsel: Crown – D. Mansour Offender – I. Lloyd QC Solicitors: Crown – DPP Offender – Criminal Defence Group Lawyers File Number(s): 2019/00176711 Publication restriction: Nil.