R v Templeton [2024] NSWDC 254

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Templeton [2024] NSWDC 254 Hearing dates: 7 June 2024 Date of orders: 28 June 2024 Decision date: 28 June 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Scotting DCJ Decision: 1 Ian William Templeton is convicted. 2 I impose a term of imprisonment of 8 years with a non-parole period of 5 years to date from 31 May 2021. The non parole period will expire on 30 May 2026 and the head sentence will expire on the 30 May 2029. 3 The offender will be eligible to be released on parole on 30 May 2026. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Large commercial quantity Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 147 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Ian Templeton (Offender) Representation: Counsel: A Djemal SC (Offender)

Solicitors: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Blaxland Law (Offender) File Number(s): 2021/156016 Publication restriction: None

Judgment 1. Ian William Templeton (the offender) appears for sentence after pleading guilty in the Local Court to one count of supplying a large commercial quantity of cocaine contrary to s 25(2) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985. 2. The maximum penalty for the offence is life imprisonment and/or a fine of 5,000 penalty units. Parliament has also prescribed a standard non-parole period of 15 years. 3. The offender also asks the Court to take into an account an offence of possess prohibited weapon contrary to s 7(1) Weapons Prohibition Act 1998, on a Form 1 when passing sentence for the drug supply offence.