R v Darabi, Mansoor & Razai [2013] NSWSC 387

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Darabi, Mansoor & Razai [2013] NSWSC 387 Hearing dates: 1 & 15 March 2013 Decision date: 05 April 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Darabi Sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year 4 months with a non-parole period of 8 months Mansoor Sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year 5 months with a non-parole period of 9 months Razai Sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year 1 month with a non-parole period of 7 months Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - affray - offences committed during large-scale disturbance at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre - relevance of context to severity of offending - relevance of period of immigration detention to sentence CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - special circumstances - extended period of restricted liberty in immigration detention prior to sentence - finding of special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Cases Cited: Darabi v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2011] FMCA 371 McCormack, Merlo, Mulholland & Nance v R [1981] VR 104; (1980) 2 A Crim R 405 R v Dadash [2012] NSWSC 1511 R v Huynh [2000] NSWCCA 18 Razai v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 394 SZPZI v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2011] FMCA 530 SZRLQ v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2012] FMCA 1159 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Mehdi Darabi Amir Morad Mansoor Mehdi Agha Razai Representation: Counsel: Mr G Farmer SC with Ms J Single Mr S Grant (Darabi) Mr T Edwards (Mansoor) Mr A Webb (Razai) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions CBD Criminal Defence Lawyers (Darabi & Razai) Blair Criminal Lawyers (Mansoor) File Number(s): 2012/12157 (Darabi) 2012/12036 (Mansoor) 2012/12207 (Razai)