R v Ali; R v Amiri; R v Feili; R v Haidari; R v Parhizkar [2013] NSWSC 871

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ali; R v Amiri; R v Feili; R v Haidari; R v Parhizkar [2013] NSWSC 871 Hearing dates: 11 & 14 June 2013 Decision date: 28 June 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Criminal Before: R A Hulme J Decision: Ali: Section 9 bond for 2 years Amiri: Sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year 10 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 2 months Feili: Sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years with a non-parole period of 1 year 10 months Haidari: Sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year 10 months with a non-parole period of 1 year 2 months Parhizkar: Sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years with a non-parole period of 1 year 10 months Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - riot and affray - violent protest while in lawful immigration detention - threats to public officials and Commonwealth property - relevance of context of offending CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing - special circumstances - immigration detention - mental condition EVIDENCE - relevance of reports of refugee tribunals to sentencing offenders - admissible as evidence of prior statements and claims made by offenders Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Cases Cited: R v Abdollahi [2013] NSWSC 428 R v Chenarjaafarizad [2013] NSWSC 388 R v Dadash [2012] NSWSC 1511 R v Darabi, Mansoor & Razai [2013] NSWSC 387 R v Feili [2013] NSWSC 492 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Haider Hussein Ali Mohammed Naim Amiri Taleb Feili Ali Haidari Majid Parhizkar Representation: Counsel: Mr G Farmer SC with Ms J Single (Crown) Mr M Paish (Ali) Mr J O'Sullivan (Amiri) Mr W Flynn (Feili) Mr R Pontello (Haidari) Mr D Marr (Parhizkar) Solicitors: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Archbold Legal (Ali, Amiri, Feili) Blair Criminal Lawyers (Haidari) L David Lock (Parhizkar) File Number(s): 2011/146172 2011/146064 2011/146355 2012/12243 2011/395447