R v AMBO [2011] NSWDC 182

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v AMBO [2011] NSWDC 182 Hearing dates: Trial: 20-23 September 2011, 26-30 September 2011; Sentence: 25 November 2011 Decision date: 25 November 2011 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Knox SC DCJ Decision: Sentence: 5 years imprisonment commencing 8 February 2011 and expiring on 7 February 2016. 3 years non-parole period commencing 8 February 2011 and expiring on 7 February 2014. Catchwords: People smuggling. Sentence. Legislation Cited: S 233C Migration Act (Cth) 1958 S 236B Migration Act (Cth) 1958 S 16A Crimes Act (Cth) 1914 S 19AB Crimes Act (Cth) 1914 S 19AK Crimes Act (Cth) 1914 Cases Cited: R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54 Tyler v R; R v Chalmers [2007] NSWCCA 247 R v Muanchukingkan (1990) 52 A Crim R 354 Bahar & Ors v The Queen [2011] WASCA 249 R v Pot, Wetangky and Lande (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, unreported, 18 January 2011) Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 586 R v Sailing & Maley (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, unreported, 11 February 2011) R v Dokeng (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, unreported, 2 December 2010) Trenerry v Bradley (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, unreported, referred to in R v Dokeng) R v Karim (District Court of New South Wales, unreported, July 2011 per Conlon SC DCJ) Category: Sentence Parties: Commonwealth DPP v Asse AMBO Representation: Mr D Lee for the Commonwealth DPP Mr E Kerkyasharian for Mr Asse Ambo Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) O'Brien Hudson Law File Number(s): 2011 / 148339