R v Sampathapillai [2021] NSWDC 712

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sampathapillai [2021] NSWDC 712 Hearing dates: 30 July 2021; 25 August 2021 Date of orders: 25 August 2021 Decision date: 25 August 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of three years and 6 months with a non-parole period of two years: at [98]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Good character — Rehabilitation — Unlikely to re-offend SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Character of offence — Deterrence — Establishing relevant matters — Factual basis for sentence — General principles — Maximum penalty — Moral culpability — Multiple offences — Objective seriousness — Purposes of sentencing SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Ritter v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 121 Parente v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 284 Borg v R; Gray v R [2020] NSWCCA 67 R v McBride [2019] NSWDC 371 Bond v R [2020] NSWCCA 277 Sheather v R [2020] NSWCC 162 R v Turk [2020] NSWDC 400 R v Johnston [2019] NSWDC 901 R v Micah [2015] NSWDC 321 R v Newton [2020] NSWDC 806 R v Loudon [2020] NSWDC 57 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Office of the Director Public Prosecutions)