NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: R v Weyermann, Chade and Powell, Jonathan [2010] NSWDC 92
JUDGMENT DATE: 1 April 2010
JURISDICTION: Criminal
JUDGMENT OF: Nicholson SC DCJ
Chade Samuel Weyermann (2009/00009686): Robbery while armed with weapon: DECISION: Sentence 2 years minimum term, balance of term of 2 years and 6 months Jonathan Alan Powell (2009/00137818): Robbery while armed with dangerous weapon : Sentenced 2 years imprisonment, suspended conditional upon entering s12 good behaviour bond.
CATCHWORDS: Criminal Law - Sentence - Robery armed with dangerous weapon - Dubbo Railway Club - $41,000 - armed robber recently released to parole - robber late recruited to joint venture - substantial planning by getaway driver and co-offender - major planner and leader merges with other patrons as spectator - danger to the public high - use of shortened farm and balaclava - money recovered - 3 victims - subjective circumstances of each offender reviewed.
Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Crime (Sentencing and Procdure) Act Firearms Act 1996
R v Cuthbert (1967) 2 NSWR 329 CASES CITED: R v Rushby [1977] NSWLR 597 R v Hayes [1984] 1 NSWLR 740 R v Gladue [1999] 1SCR 688 [80]
Regina PARTIES: Chade Samuel Weyermann Jonathan Alan Powell
FILE NUMBER(S): 2009/00009686; 2009/00137818; 2008/14406
COUNSEL: Crown: L Shaw, Crown Prosecutor Defence for Weyermann: K Robinson
SOLICITORS: Defence for Powell: Mr K Hockey
JUDGMENT [Please note some sensitive material has been removed from this report of the remarks on sentence.] 1. Each of Chade Sam Weyermann and Jonathan Powell has pleaded guilty to robbing the Dubbo Railway Club, three days before Christmas, of $40,929 whilst being armed with a dangerous weapon, namely a .22 calibre pump action rifle. The third man, Grant Bartley, alleged by the Crown to be the mastermind, director and participant, has a contested hearing scheduled some time after today. ... Today, Weyermann and Powell are each to be held accountable for their part in the Dubbo Railway Club robbery.
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