R v McCudden; R v Doolan; R v S Worth; R v R Worth; R v Trejbal [2021] NSWDC 607

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v McCudden; R v Doolan; R v S Worth; R v R Worth; R v Trejbal [2021] NSWDC 607 Hearing dates: 9 July 2021 Date of orders: 9 July 2021 Decision date: 09 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: McCudden: A term of imprisonment of 2 years, 10 months, with a non-parole period of 16 months; Doolan: A term of imprisonment of 3 years, 6 months, with a non-parole 21 months; Trejbal: A term of imprisonment 2 years, 10 months with a non-parole period of 16 months; S Worth: A term of imprisonment of 22 months to be served by way of an intensive corrections order; R Worth: A term of imprisonment of 22 months to be served by way of an intensive corrections order: at [71]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty —Financial gain — Planned or organised criminal activity SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Good character — Plea of guilty — Rehabilitation — Remorse SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment — Intensive correction orders SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Joint sentence proceedings s — Parity — Deterrence — Establishing relevant matters — General principles — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Age of offender — Mental illness— Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Drugs (Misuse and Trafficking) Act 1985 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Andreata v R [2015] NSWCCA 239 R v Ma; R v Zheng [2021] NSWDC 862 R v Eyles [2021] NSWDC 300 Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Clark-Jeffries v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 56 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions) Kenneth McCudden (Offender) Seamus Doolan (Offender) Jordan Trejbal (Offender) Steven Worth (Offender) Robert Worth (Offender) Representation: Mr M Harper (Solicitor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Mr D Carroll (Counsel for Kenneth McCudden) Mr M Buxton (Counsel for Seamus Doolan) Mr B Barrack (Counsel for Jordan Trejbal) Mr C Parkin (Counsel for Steven Worth) Mr M Coroneos (Counsel for Robert Worth) File Number(s): 2019/ 397041; 2019/397035; 2019/404112; 2019/403333; 2020/199315