R v Ristevska [2022] NSWDC 577

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ristevska [2022] NSWDC 577 Hearing dates: 4 November 2022 Date of orders: 21 November 2022 Decision date: 21 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 3 years with a non-parole period of 1 years 9 months Catchwords: CRIME — Supplying less than the commercial quantity of drug — Knowingly deal with proceeds of crime — Participate criminal group SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence —early pela — Past offending of a similar nature — role in supply minimal — Role in criminal group — purposes of criminal group — Care needed as not charged with ongoing drug supply Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Afu v R [2017] NSWCCA 246 De Simoni v The Queen (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 Green v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Hili v The Queen, (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HC 45 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550: [2015] HCA 39 R v Ristevska, unreported, District Court NSW, 21 September 2016 Category: Sentence Parties: Suzanna Ristevska (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Solicitors: A Singh – Astor Legal (for the offender) J Loosley – Public Prosecutions (NSW) (for the Crown) File Number(s): 2021/204827; 2021/263991