Qiu v R [2022] NSWCCA 247

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Qiu v R [2022] NSWCCA 247 Hearing dates: 1 August 2022 Date of orders: 25 November 2022 Decision date: 25 November 2022 Before: Gleeson JA at [1] Wright J at [2] Cavanagh J at [3] Decision: (1) Leave to appeal granted. (2) The appeal is allowed. (3) The sentence imposed in the District Court is quashed and in its place: (a) Impose an aggregate sentence of imprisonment of 3 years and 10 months; (b) Under s 19AB(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) impose a non-parole period of 2 years; and (c) The sentence and non-parole period to date from 17 February 2021. Catchwords: CRIME — appeals — appeal against sentence — federal offences — attempted exportation of regulated native specimens — possession of CITES-regulated specimens — manifest excess — sentence unreasonable or plainly unjust — resentenced Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conversation Act 1990 (Cth) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen; Zirilli v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 Kirby v R [2021] NSWCCA 162 Klein v The Queen (1989) 39 A Crim R 332 Lowndes v The Queen (1999) 195 CLR 665; [1999] HCA 29 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 R v Kennedy (2019) 101 NSWLR 121; [2019] NSWCCA 242 R v Robison (1992) 62 A Crim R 374 Texts Cited: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington, 3 March 1973) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Zheyuan Qiu (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Kluss (Applicant) D Staehli SC (Respondent)