R v Wong [2023] NSWDC 173

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Wong [2023] NSWDC 173 Hearing dates: 30 May 2023 Date of orders: 30 May 2023 Decision date: 30 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: 1 Tsz Kin Wong is convicted. 2 I impose a term of imprisonment of 3 years to date from 19 October 2021 and expire on 18 October 2024. 3 Pursuant to s 20(1)(b) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), I order that the offender be released today (30 May 2023) after serving 19 months and 11 days of the sentence on entering into a recognisance in the sum of $1,000 to be of good behaviour for 3 years. The further conditions of the recognisance that will apply for 3 years from today are that: (a) the offender accepts the supervision of a Community Corrections Officer; (b) the offender obeys all reasonable directions from Community Corrections; 4 If the offender fails to comply with the recognisance release order, further action may be taken against him. This may require him to return to court. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Commonwealth offences Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Cases Cited: Johnson v The Queen (2004) 78 ALJR 616 R v El Karhani (1990) 21 NSWLR 370 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Tsz Kin Wong (Offender) Representation: Counsel: A Williams (Crown) R Keller (Offender)