R v Raymond John CADD [2007] NSWDC 244

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v Raymond John CADD [2007] NSWDC 244

HEARING DATE(S): 30 October 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 30 October 2007

JURISDICTION: Criminal

JUDGMENT OF: Berman SC DCJ

DECISION: On each count, the offender is sentenced to imprisonment with a non-parole period of three years and a head sentence of four years.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - Sentence - Supply prohibited drug - Methylamphetamine - Cannabis - Depression

PARTIES: The Crown Raymond John Cadd

FILE NUMBER(S): 07/31/0157

COUNSEL: J Booth - Offender

SOLICITORS: NSW DPP Mandy Hull & Associates

SENTENCE

1 HIS HONOUR: Police went to Raymond Cadd's premises on 27 February 2007. They obviously had information that he was a drug dealer. That information turned out to be correct. When they got to his home they entered the premises and discovered three brown paper bags. Each of those paper bags contained within it a clear resealable bag with cannabis inside.

2 Mr Cadd was thus arrested and taken to Singleton Police Station. The police continued searching his premises with his daughter, twenty-six years of age, observing the search. It is worth noting that also present during the search was the offender's grand-daughter, who is four years of age. I wonder, in passing, what sort of example the offender is setting to his daughter and grand-daughter.

3 Police then continued searching and they discovered more cannabis. This was in a jar on the kitchen bench. They found also some clear plastic bags containing methylamphetamine. They found some scales and a large amount of cash, indeed $5000 bundled in $1000 lots.

4 When they had finished searching they interviewed the offender. Eventually, during that interview, he admitted that the drugs were his and admitted that he was supplying them. The total amount of drugs found by police was 248.7 grams of cannabis and 9.4 grams of methylamphetamine.