Bajouri v R [2016] NSWCCA 20

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bajouri v R [2016] NSWCCA 20 Hearing dates: 24 November 2015 Date of orders: 07 March 2016 Decision date: 07 March 2016 Before: Johnson J Button J Fagan J Decision: 1. Leave to appeal granted.

2. Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against sentence – intentionally causing grievous bodily harm – victim impact statement – whether sentencing judge erred in assessment of victim impact statement as aggravating factor

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal against sentence – fresh evidence – whether absence of fresh evidence at sentencing resulted in miscarriage of justice Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bland v R [2014] NSWCCA 82; (2014) 241 A Crim R 51 EG v R [2015] NSWCCA 21 Gallagher v The Queen (1986) 160 CLR 392 R v De Marco (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 20 November 1995, unrep) R v Fordham (1997) 98 A Crim R 359 R v Goodwin (1990) 51 A Crim R 328 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ahmad Bajouri (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr G James QC (Applicant) Ms T Smith (Respondent)

Solicitors: Bannisters Lawyers (Applicant) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/166048 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Criminal Citation: Not published Date of Decision: 14 October 2014 Before: Haesler DCJ File Number(s): 2012/166048