Police v Chidiac [2022] NSWLC 20

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Police v Chidiac [2022] NSWLC 20 Hearing dates: 15 November 2022 Date of orders: 21 November 2022 Decision date: 21 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Donnelly LCM Decision: Defendant is sentenced to a term of sentence of 12 months imprisonment with a non-parole period of 8 months. The defendant is disqualified from driving for a period of 3 years. Catchwords: Sentencing – s 117, Road Transport Act – negligent driving occasioning death – second and subsequent offence – negligent driving established where the defendant drove a motor vehicle in a manner involving a departure from the standard of care for other users of the road to be expected of the ordinary prudent driver in the circumstances – assessment of objective seriousness – degree of departure from the standard of care expected of the ordinary prudent driver in the circumstances informs the assessment of objective seriousness – purposes of sentencing – requirement of sentence to reflect the objective seriousness, general and personal deterrence, the need for rehabilitation, denunciation, accountability and harm to the victim – subjective matters – guilty plea – principle of proportionality – intensive correction orders – proportionality principle required a sentence of full-time imprisonment – appellate cases of Bonsu v R [2009] NSWCCA 316, R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349, Douar v R [2005] NSWCCA 455; (2005) 159 A Crim R 154, R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566; [2006] NSWCCA 242 and Quinn v Cth DPP [2021] NSWCA 294 applied. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 5, 22, 26, 27, 28 30E, 32 Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW), s117 Cases Cited: Bonsu v R [2009] NSWCCA 316 Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Yeo [2008] NSWSC 953 Douar v R [2005] NSWCCA 455; (2005) 159 A Crim R 154 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 GAS v The Queen; SJK v The Queen (2004) 217 CLR 198; [2004] HCA 22 Karout v R [2019] NSWCCA 253 King v The Queen (2012) 245 CLR 588 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Meis v R [2022] NSWCCA 118 Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 656; [2016] HCA 17 Prineas v R [2018] NSWCCA 221 Quinn v Cth DPP [2021] NSWCA 294 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Campbell [2014] NSWCCA 102 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Fageer [2017] NSWLC 18 R v Jurisic (1998) 45 NSWLR 209; [1998] NSWSC 423 R v Koosmen [2004] NSWCCA 359 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566; [2006] NSWCCA 242 R v Parente (2017) 96 NSWLR 633 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 R v Whyte (2002) 55 NSWLR 252; [2002] NSWCCA 343 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 Veen (No 2) v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1998] HCA 14 Category: Sentence Parties: NSW Police (Prosecution) Antoine Chidiac (Defendant) Representation: Defendant: Mr Barrack with Ms Christiansen