R v Nguyen [2024] NSWDC 123

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Nguyen [2024] NSWDC 123 Hearing dates: 1 February 2024 Date of orders: 1 February 2024 Decision date: 01 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Imprisonment sentence of 6 years and 9 months with a non-parole period of 4 years 4 months Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Manufacture prohibited drug — Large commercial quantity SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Breach of conditional liberty — Repeat offender SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Remorse SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Commencement date — Dispute as to starting date SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence —Avoiding a crushing sentence — Objective seriousness — Deterrence — General deterrence — Specific deterrence — Form 1 offence SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Expert reports — Instinctive synthesis SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Deprived background — Childhood sexual abuse — Drug addiction — Mental health — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518; (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cargnello v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2012] NSWCCA 162 Decision restricted [2022] NSWCCA 246 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 Jinnette v R [2012] NSWCCA 217 KM v R [2023] NSWCCA 10 Owen v R [2022] NSWCCA 214 Paterson v R [2021] NSWCCA 273 R v Nguyen (District Court (NSW), 7 August 2015, unrep) R v Nguyen (District Court (NSW),15 March 2013 unrep) The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 Weininger v The Queen [2003] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629 Category: Sentence Parties: Anh The Nguyen (the offender) Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Crown) Representation: Counsel: A Booker (for the accused) C Todd (for the Crown)