R v Nguyen [2023] NSWDC 288

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nguyen [2023] NSWDC 288 Hearing dates: 23/6/23, 3/7/23 Date of orders: 3/7/23 Decision date: 03 July 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bourke SC DCJ Decision: Pursuant to s.53A(2)(b) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, 1999, I list the individual offences dealt with in the above aggregate sentence with respective indicative sentences: Sequence 1 10 years, non-parole period 6 years 6 months Sequence 3 9 years, non -parole period 5 years 10 months Sequence 18 7 years, non-parole period 4 years 6 months Sequence 19 4 years 6 months The offender is convicted and I impose an AGGREGATE SENTENCE pursuant to s.53A of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, 1999 as follows: Sentenced to imprisonment for 11 years and 6 months, to date from 15 October 2022 and to expire on 14 April 2034 I set a non parole period of 7 years and 6 months, to date from the commencement of the sentence and to expire on 14 April 2030 Eligible to be considered for release to parole at the expiration of the non-parole period. I find special circumstances Form 1 matters taken into account on Sequence 1. Catchwords: Crime – Sentence – Supply large commercial quantity of heroin Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Attorney-General's application under s 37 CSPA 1999 (No. 1 of 2002) 56 NSWLR 146 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 Category: Sentence Parties: NSW DPP – Crown Joey Nguyen - Offender Representation: Mr M Gleeson for Crown Mr I Lloyd KC for Offender File Number(s): 22/24184