R v Van Der Maas [2022] NSWDC 666

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Van Der Maas [2022] NSWDC 666 Hearing dates: 13 April 2022; 4 August 2022 Date of orders: 4 August 2022 Decision date: 04 August 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Commonwealth An aggregate term of imprisonment of 6 years, 3 months with a non-parole period of 3 years 5 months. State offences A term of imprisonment of 27 months with a non-parole period of 14 months: at [79]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Commonwealth offences — Traffic controlled drug — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Commercial quantity SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Financial gain SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Duress — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Form 1 offences — General principles — Moral culpability — Multiple offences — Objective seriousness SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Mental illness — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code (Cth) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985. Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146. Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 DPP (Cth) v Merrill (a Pseudonym) [2015] VSCA 52 Du Randt v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 121 in Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194 Lim v The Queen [2018] VSCA 64 R v Blair [2005] NSWCCA 78 R v Fernando (1992) 76 A Crim R 58 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Nguyen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Osenkowski (1982) 30 SASR 212; (1982) 5 A Crim R 394 Tiknius v R [2011] NSWCCA 215 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Commonwealth Director of Public Prosections)