R v Saleh; R v Salim [2023] NSWLC 2

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Saleh; R v Salim [2023] NSWLC 2 Hearing dates: 28 February 2023, 11 April 2023, 12 May 2023 Date of orders: 12 May 2023 Decision date: 12 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Donnelly LCM Decision: See orders at [70]-[71] Catchwords: SENTENCING – fact finding – agreed facts – versions in statements tendered by defendant inconsistent with agreed facts concerning the conduct of the victim – requirement for agreed facts to be returned for reconsideration by the parties – resolution of differences by the application of sentencing principles in The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 OFFENCES – s 59 Crimes Act – assault occasioning actual bodily harm – assessment of objective seriousness – offences committed with an high level of violence – purposes of sentencing – requirement of sentences to reflect the respective assessments of objective seriousness, strong need for general deterrence, denunciation, accountability and harm to the victim IMPRISONMENT – intensive correction orders – s 66 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 – Stanley v DPP (NSW) [2023] HCA 3; (2023) 97 ALJR 107 – requirement to apply the common law proportionality principle notwithstanding beneficial findings under 66(2) – court is entitled to take into account the leniency of an ICO in determining whether it should be imposed – sentences of full-time imprisonment appropriate Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 59, 61,195 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 5, 7, 22, 32, 35A, 44, 53A, 66 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Sentencing Options) Bill 2017 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Regulation 2017 (NSW), cl 8 Cases Cited: Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1995) 183 CLR 245; [1995] HCA 10 CP v R [2009] NSWCCA 291; (2009) 213 A Crim R 26 Elias v The Queen (2013) 248 CLR 483; [2013] HCA 31 Filippou v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 47; [2015] HCA 29 Garlett v Western Australia [2022] HCA 30; (2022) 96 ALJR 888 GAS v The Queen (2004) 217 CLR 198; [2004] HCA 22 Kareem v R [2022] NSWCCA 188 Karout v R [2019] NSWCCA 253 Lou v R [2021] NSWCCA 120 Mandranis v R [2021] NSWCCA 97 McCullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94; (2009) 194 A Crim R 439 Mikic v Local Court of NSW [2013] NSWSC 334 Muniandy v R [2021] NSWCCA 305 Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 256 CLR 656; [2016] HCA 17 Park v The Queen (2021) 273 CLR 303; [2021] HCA 37 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 R v Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; (2009) 195 A Crim R 1 R v Burke [2001] NSWCCA 47 R v Crowley [2004] NSWCCA 256 R v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981] HCA 31 R v Falls [2004] NSWCCA 335 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566; [2006] NSWCCA 242 R v Mitchell [2007] NSWCCA 296; (2007) 177 A Crim R 94 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264; (2018) 275 A Crim R 509 R v Tannous [2012] NSWCCA 243; (2012) 227 A Crim R 251 R v Zhang [2004] NSWCCA 358 Stanley v DPP (NSW) [2023] HCA 3; (2023) 97 ALJR 107 Taitoko v R [2020] NSWCCA 43 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 Thurlow v R [2022] NSWCCA 20 Veen v. The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14 Waterfall v R [2019] NSWCCA 281 Zammit v R [2010] NSWCCA 29 Zheng v R [2023] NSWCCA 64 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislatyive Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 11 October 2017 at 273 Category: Sentence Parties: Police (Prosecution)