Regina v El-Sayed [2003] NSWCCA 232

Reported Decision : 57 NSWLR 659

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION : Regina v El-Sayed [2003] NSWCCA 232 revised - 22/08/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 August 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Wood CJ at CL at 1; Simpson J at 2; Adams J at 51 DECISION : (i) Crown appeal allowed; (ii) the sentence imposed in relation to each offence of robbery in company quashed; (iii) in lieu therof, on each count, the respondent sentenced to imprisonment for four years and three months with a non-parole period of one year and nine months, each sentence to commence on 25 September 2002. The earliest date on which the respondent would be eligible for release on parole will be 24 June 2004; (iv) appeal in relation to the sentences imposed in respect of the offences of detain for advantage dismissed

CATCHWORDS : Crown appeal - robbery in company - detaining for advantage - failure to comply with undertaking to provide assistance to law enforcement authorities - parity Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), s90A, s97(1) LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s23, s44(2) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), s5DA Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s38 R v Basha (1989) 39 A Crim R 337 R v Bagnall and Russell, unreported, NSWCCA, 10 June 1994 R v Cartwright (1989) 17 NSWLR 243 CASES CITED : R v Hammond [2001] NSWCCA 34; 121 A Crim R 1 R v O'Brien, unreported, NSWCCA, 10 June 1993 R v Perez-Varga (1980) 8 NSWLR 559 R v Thomson and Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 PARTIES : Crown - Appellant Khalid El-Sayed - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CCA 60112/03 COUNSEL : C Woodburne - Crown H Dhanji - Respondent SOLICITORS : SE O'Connor - Crown Steven Naris - Respondent