Ali v R [2010] NSWCCA 35

New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

CITATION: Ali v R [2010] NSWCCA 35

HEARING DATE(S): 18 December 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 2 March 2010

JUDGMENT OF: McClellan CJatCL at 1; Hulme J at 2; Johnson J at 3

DECISION: Leave to appeal granted. Appeal dismissed.

CATCHWORDS: CRIMINAL LAW - sentence following trial - sexual intercourse without consent and indecent assault (two counts) - taxi driver sexually assaults passenger - vulnerable victim - assessment of objective seriousness of s.61I offence - relevance of applicant's continued denial of guilt to assessment of prospects of rehabilitation and likelihood of reoffending - importance of general deterrence for offences by taxi driver against passenger - sentence not manifestly excessive

Crimes Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Appeal Act 1912

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

R v Kowsar Ali [2008] NSWDC 319 R v Kowsar Ali [2008] NSWDC 318; 8 DCLR (NSW) 35 Mulato v R [2006] NSWCCA 282 R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434; 150 A Crim R 575 R v PGM [2008] NSWCCA 172 McIntyre v R [2009] NSWCCA 305 R v Burton [2008] NSWCCA 128 The Queen v Olbrich [1999] 199 CLR 270 R v MAK [2006] NSWCCA 381; 167 A Crim R 159 Alseedi v R [2009] NSWCCA 185 Zaidi v Health Care Complaints Commission (1998) 44 NSWLR 82 DCU v State Parole Authority of NSW [2006] NSWSC 526 CASES CITED : Lee v State Parole Authority of NSW [2006] NSWSC 1225 R v Elyard [2006] NSWCCA 43 Davis v R [2009] NSWCCA 279 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357 Jalloh v R [2009] NSWCCA 295 R v Smith (NSWCCA, 7 July 1988, Lee, McInerney and Loveday JJ, BC8801751) R v AS; Ex parte Attorney General (Qld) [2004] QCA 259 R v Cutts [2005] QCA 306 R v Way [2004] 60 NSWLR 168 R v Hibberd [2009] NSWCCA 20 R v Porteous [2005] NSWCCA 115 Jeffries v R [2008] NSWCCA 144; 185 A Crim R 500 Han v R [2009] NSWCCA 300 R v AEM [2002] NSWCCA 58