R v Snounou (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 636

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Snounou (No 3) [2024] NSWDC 636 Hearing dates: 28 March 2024 Date of orders: 12 July 2024 Decision date: 12 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Sutherland SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 10 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 7 years and 6 months, at [253] to [256]. Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Possess precursor intending that it be used in the manufacture of a prohibited drug — Offender possessed over 1 tonne of iodine intending it be used in the manufacture of methylamphetamine — Buckets used to store iodine found in clandestine laboratories linked to offender's company. SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Financial gain — Objective seriousness "extremely high" — Quantities of precursors capable of producing "massive" amounts of methylamphetamine on any description and with reference to comparative cases. SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Delay — Offender was arrested and charged in 2018 — Offender received further discount for disclosure of evidence that saved court time — Relevance of general and specific deterrence. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2000 (NSW)p Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Regulation 2011 (NSW) Cases Cited: DG v R (No 1) [2023] NSWCCA 320 El Kheir v R [2019] NSWCCA 288 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 144 Mori v R [2021] NSWCCA 32 R v Campbell; R v Smith [2019] NSWCCA 1 R v Cousins & Anor (2002) 132 A Crim R 444; [2002] NSWCCA 340 R v James [2017] NSWCCA 287 R v Le Serf (1975) 13 SASR 237; (1975) 8 ALR 349 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353; (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Shi [2004] NSWCCA 135 R v Snounou (No 1) [2023] NSWDC 583 R v Snounou (No 2) [2023] NSWDC 584 R v Walker [2023] NSWCCA 219 Salama v R [2023] NSWCCA 141 Takiari & Anor v R [2009] NSWCCA 84 The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCA 48; (2016) 259 CLR 256 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Sentence Parties: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown) Michael Snounou (Offender) Representation: Counsel: