R v Golding [2023] NSWDC 493

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Golding [2023] NSWDC 493 Hearing dates: 8 September 2023 Date of orders: 8 September 2023 Decision date: 08 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate imprisonment sentence of 2 years and 11 months to be served by way of an Intensive Correction Order Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Large commercial quantity — Participate in criminal group SENTENCING — Penalties — Aggregate imprisonment sentence — Should sentence be served subject to Intensive Correction Orders SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Deterrence — Form 1 offences 'clear the slate' — Plea of guilty — Objective seriousness — Quasi-custody in rehabilitation centre SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure —Accumulation of sentences — Instinctive synthesis — Pre-sentence reports­ SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Assaulted in custody — Drug addiction — Homelessness — Mental health issues — Positive response to full time rehabilitation — Pro-social bonds — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abel v R [2020] NSWCCA 82 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2013] NSWCCA 115; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Hamzy v R (1994) 74 A Crim R 341 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 52; [2010] HCA 45 Owen v R [2022] NSWCCA 214 R v Campbell [1999] NSWCCA 76 R v Consigli [2023] NSWDC 355 R v Delaney [2003] NSWCCA 342 R v Henry [1999] NSWCCA 111; (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 R v Locchi (1991) 22 NSWLR 309 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 R v Qi [2019] NSWCCA 73 R v R E [2023] NSWCCA 184 R v Thompson [2000] NSWCCA 362 Stanley v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2023] HCA 3 Truss v R [2008] NSWCCA 325 Texts Cited: D Ritchie, "Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence" (April 2011) Sentencing Advisory Council Victoria 1 NSW Bar Association, "Drug Law Reform" (November 2014) 24 Criminal Law Committee Discussion Paper 1 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "World Drug Report" (2009) 1 W Wan, D Weatherburn, G Wardlaw, V Sarafidis and G Sara, "Supply-Side Reduction Policy and Drug-Related Harm" (2014) 486 Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Australian Government Institute of Criminology 1 Category: Sentence Parties: Mathew Lawrence Maurice Roy Golding (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (the Crown) Representation: Counsel: S Fraser (for the offender)