Jeyavel Thangavelautham v R [2016] NSWCCA 141

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jeyavel Thangavelautham v R [2016] NSWCCA 141 Hearing dates: 9 February 2016 Date of orders: 20 July 2016 Decision date: 20 July 2016 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Hoeben CJ at CL at [97]; R S Hulme AJ at [98] Decision: Grant leave to appeal against conviction. Appeal against conviction dismissed. Grant the applicant leave to appeal against sentence. Appeal against sentence allowed. Set aside the sentences imposed on the applicant by Charteris DCJ and in lieu thereof sentence the applicant to a term of imprisonment of 9 years and 8 months with a non-parole period of 7 years and 3 months to date from 14 August 2011 and to expire on 13 November 2018 with a balance of term to expire on 13 April 2021. Vary the commencement date of the sentences imposed on the applicant by Garling ADCJ on 14 September 2015 to 13 November 2018. The applicant will be eligible to parole on 13 November 2019. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – conviction – conspiracy to defraud – whether verdict unreasonable – whether conspiracy to defraud where applicant had an intention to harvest credit card information and onsell to third party

CRIMINAL LAW – appeal – sentencing – whether error in failure to mitigate sentence for manner in which trial was conducted – whether justifiable sense of grievance regarding sentencing of co-offender – whether manifestly excessive Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 93T, 178BA, 192E, 192J, 192K, 256(1) Cases Cited: Auimatagi v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 248; 216 A Crim R 179 Bolitho v Western Australia [2007] WASCA 102; 34 WAR 215 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194; 79 NSWLR 1 FB v The Queen [2011] NSWCCA 217 Gerakiteys v The Queen [1984] HCA 8; 153 CLR 317 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen [2011] HCA 49; 244 CLR 462 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; 242 CLR 520 JM v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 297 Kentwell v The Queen [2014] HCA 37; 252 CLR 601 M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63; 181 CLR 487 Peters v The Queen [1998] HCA 7; 192 CLR 493 Postiglione v The Queen [1997] HCA 26; 189 CLR 295 R v Araya [2005] NSWCCA 283; 155 A Crim R 555 R v Doff [2005] NSWCCA 119; 54 ACSR 200 R v Harrower [1999] VSCA 182 R v Hoar [1981] HCA 67; 148 CLR 32 R v Kastratovic (1985) 42 SASR 59 R v LK [2010] HCA 17; 241 CLR 177 R v Nguyen & Luong [2011] NSWSC 562 R v Trudgeon (1988) 39 A Crim R 252 SKA v The Queen [2011] HCA 13; 243 CLR 40 Tomov v The Queen [2011] WASCA 189 Tuifua v The Queen [2008] NSWCCA 224; 189 A Crim R 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jeyavel Thangavelautham (Applicant) Representation: Counsel: P Lange (Applicant) S Herbert (Respondent)