R v Fu [2022] NSWDC 381

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Fu [2022] NSWDC 381 Hearing dates: 22 August 2022 Date of orders: 26 August 2022 Decision date: 26 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: 1 The offender is convicted. 2 In relation to the State offence, I impose a term of imprisonment of 9 months with a non-parole period of 6 months to date from 20 April 2021. The non-parole period will expire on 19 October 2021 and the head sentence will expire on 19 January 2022. 3 In relation to the Federal offence, I impose a term of imprisonment of 6 years to date from 20 July 2021 and expire on 19 July 2027. I fix a non-parole period of 3 years that will expire on 19 July 2024. The offender will be eligible to be released on parole on 19 July 2024. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Commonwealth offences — Import/Export commercial quantity of border-controlled prohibited drug CRIME — Firearms offences — Unauthorised use/possession of pistol CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code (Cth) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 525 Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339 Danial v R [2008] NSWCCA 15 Deakin v The Queen (1984) 58 ALJR 367 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 Power v The Queen (1974) 131 CLR 623 R v El Karhani (1990) 21 NSWLR 370 R v Nassir [2020] NSWCCA 88 R v Nguyen (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Baiqi Fu (Offender) Representation: Counsel: A N Williams (Crown) G Jauncey/ I Tam (Offender)