R v Zhen Chi CHEN [2008] NSWDC 60

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v Zhen Chi CHEN [2008] NSWDC 60

HEARING DATE(S): 20-21, 24-27 September 2007 2-5, 8-12, 15-19 & 22 October 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 27 March 2008

JURISDICTION: Criminal

JUDGMENT OF: Nield DCJ

DECISION: Offender sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years six months ten days. Fix a non-parole period of nine years six months ten days from 22 October 2007 to 1 May 2017 and a parole period of six years from 2 May 2017 to 1 May 2023. Order that the offender be subject to supervision by the New South Wales Probation and Parole Service whilst on parole during the parole period.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence after trial - money laundering

Criminal Code (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED: Financial Transactions Report Act (Cth) Crimes Act (Cth)

PARTIES: Crown Zhen Chi CHEN

FILE NUMBER(S): 07/11/0024

G Long SC (Crown) COUNSEL: P McGuire (Crown) I Barker QC (Offender)

SOLICITORS: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) C V Jeffreys (Offender)

JUDGMENT

HIS HONOUR: As to the sentencing of Zhen Chi Chen.

1 The offender is Zhen Chi Chen. He is known as Peter Chen. He was born on 20 October 1965. He was aged about thirty-eight years when he committed the subject offence, for which I am to impose sentence upon him, and he is aged forty-two years five months now.

2 The offender is the third child of his parents' four children. He has an older brother and an older sister and a younger sister. His parents and his siblings are alive. He has a close relationship with his parents and siblings.

3 The offender was born in a small rural village in Guangdong Province in China. His parents were farmers. He and his siblings were raised in a happy and supportive environment.