R v Hausman [2021] NSWDC 846

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Hausman [2021] NSWDC 846 Hearing dates: 15 – 16 March 2021 Date of orders: 1 April 2021 Decision date: 01 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 143 Catchwords: CRIMINAL – sentence – mix of state and federal offences – blackmail – dealing with proceeds of crime – federal and state offences – money laundering – early plea of guilty – past and future assistance – co-operative to authorities in recovery of monies – consideration of principle of parity – instinctive synthesis of relevant factors Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 249K Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 16A Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3A, 21A, 22, 23, 24B Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) ss 11.2A, 400.3 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) s 320 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Reference No 40 of 2002 (John Alexander Collard) [2003] 1 Cr App R (S) 98 Benasic and Malavetas v R (1987) 77 ALR 340 Buckley v R [2021] NSWCCA 6 Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS [2021] FCA 52 Director of Public Prosecutions (Victoria) & Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 Elshani v R [2015] NSWCCA 354 Giourtalis v R [2013] NSWCCA 216 Kim v R [2016] VSCA 238 King v R [2010] NSWCCA 202 Lee v R [2020] NSWCCA 307 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Anquetil [2020] NSWSC 995 R v Ansari (2007) 70 NSWLR 89 R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 R v Guo (2010) 201 A Crim R 403 R v Hammond [2020] NSWSC 888 R v Huang; R v Sui (2007) 174 A Crim R 370 R v Issakidis [2018] NSWSC 378 R v Kitson [2019] NSWSC 1109 R v Li (2010) 202 A Crim R 195 R v Pughe [2019] NSWDC 897 R v Rivkin (2004) 59 NSWLR 284 R v Sukkar (2006) 172 A Crim R 151 R v Tran & Tran [2011] SASCFC 153 R v Wilkinson (No.5) [2009] NSWSC 432 R v Zerafa (2013) 235 A Crim R 265 Turner v R [2021] NSWCCA 5 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: The Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) D Hausman (the offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms G Wright for the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Mr M Johnson SC and Mr P English for the offender