R v MOHAMED [2010] NSWDC 322

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v MOHAMED [2010] NSWDC 322

HEARING DATE(S): 19 November 2010 26 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE: 26 November 2010

JURISDICTION: Criminal

JUDGMENT OF: Berman SC DCJ

DECISION: Sentenced to imprisonment for an overall term of 7 years with a 5 year non-parole period. Make order under the Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - Sentence - Forms 1 - Overlapping offences - Dealing with property suspected to be the proceeds of crime - Ongoing supply - Possess cannabis - Possess prohibited weapon - Possess for the purposes of supply - Conduct drug premises - Possess shortened firearm without authority - Possess unregistered firearm - Posses ammunition without licence or permit

Criminal Procedure Act 1986 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Firearms Act 1996 Weapons Prohibition Act Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989

CASES CITED: R v Tranh [2010] NSWCCA 183

PARTIES: The Crown Ahmed Mohamed

FILE NUMBER(S): DC 2009/049124; DC 2009/250074

COUNSEL: Mr R Webb - Offender

SOLICITORS: Director of Public Prosecutions Macquarie Lawyers Burwood - Offender

JUDGMENT

1 HIS HONOUR: Last Friday Ahmed Mohamed appeared for sentence on a large number of offences. He had earlier pleaded guilty to some of these offences in the Local Court and was committed for sentence to this Court. Another offence is a summary matter that was dealt with in this Court under s 166 of the Criminal Procedure Act and yet further offences appear on a number of Forms 1 attached to some of the offences committed to this Court for sentence.