R v Abbas [2023] NSWDC 644

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Abbas [2023] NSWDC 644 Hearing dates: 12 December 2023 Date of orders: 15 December 2023 Decision date: 15 December 2023 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland SC DCJ Decision: Head sentence of 8 years and 3 months with a non-parole period of 4 years and 6 months, at [139 – 141]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Commonwealth offences — Import commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug — methamphetamine — 17 bottles of liquid labelled 'exotic oil' found to contain methamphetamine brought by the offender from Fiji to Sydney. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 7 Director of Public Prosecutions v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 Estevez v R [2020] NSWCCA 184 Gwardys v R [2019] NSWCCA 62 Harriman v The Queen [1989] HCA 50; (1989) 167 CLR 590; (1989) 88 ALR 161 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Kentwell v The Queen (2015) 252 CLR 601; [2014] HCA 37 Klomfar v R [2019] NSWCCA 61 Lai v R [2021] NSWCCA 217 Legult v R [2014] NSWCCA 271 Lloyd v R [2022] NSWCCA 18 Martinez v R [2020] NSWCCA 250 Olbrich v The Queen (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Agboti [2014] QCA 280 R v Banker [2016] QCA 74 R v Elfar [2003] NSWCCA 358 R v Fu [2022] NSWDC 381 R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88 R v Luiz Diego Mouzinho de Lima [2020] NSWDC 249 R v Ngyuen; R v Pham [2010] NSWCCA 238; (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Thathiah [2012] QCA 195 R v Toafa [2019] NSWDC 361 Totaan v R [2022] NSWCCA 75 Tyler v R (2007)173 A Crim R 458 Van Zwam v R [2017] NSWCCA 127 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4; (2018) NSWLR 1 Zaugg v R [2020] NSWCCA 53 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Rex (Crown) Abrar Sohel Abbas (Offender) Representation: Counsel: M Santhakumar (Crown) I Lloyd KC (Offender)