R v Rankin [2006] NSWDC 183

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: R v Rankin [2006] NSWDC 183

HEARING DATE(S): 27/09/06, 27/10/06

JUDGMENT DATE: 2 November 2006

JURISDICTION: Criminal

JUDGMENT OF: Norrish QC DCJ

DECISION: See para 44, 45, 48, 49 and 50.

CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - Sentence - fraud - make and use false instrument - cooperation - delay.

LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999\ Crimes Act 1900

Regina v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 Regina v Chu (unrep, 16/10/98 NSWCCA) DPP v El Hani [2004] NSWCCA 162 Regina v A [2004] NSWCCA 292 Regina v Sukkar [2006] NSWCCA 92 Regina v Alcorn [2006] NSWCCA 209 Regina v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 CASES CITED: Regina v Markarian (2005) 215 ALR 213 Regina v Todd (1982) NSWLR 517 Regina v Way [2004] NSWCCA 131 Regina v Pellow [2004] NSWCCA 434 Regina v Pearce (1998) 194 CLR 610 Regina v Croaker [2004] NSWCCA 470 Regina v Tolley [2004] NSWCCA 165 Regina v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Regina v JCE (2002) 120 ACR 18

PARTIES: Regina Tanya Rankin

FILE NUMBER(S): 06/11/0269

COUNSEL: Mr Barr - Crown Mr I Latham - Offender

SOLICITORS: Mr A Wong, DPP

SENTENCE

INTRODUCTION:

1 The prisoner, Tanya Rankin, appears today for sentence having pleaded guilty to thirteen charges of an indictment presented on 27 September 2006. Eleven of the counts on the indictment allege that she aided and abetted an offence of "make false instrument" with intent that another person would use it to induce another person to accept the instrument as genuine and to act to the prejudice of another.