R v SINGH, Patrick [2016] NSWDC 390

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v SINGH, Patrick [2016] NSWDC 390 Date of orders: 15 April 2016 Decision date: 15 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Judge S Norrish QC Decision: Full-time custodial sentence. For orders see [125] Catchwords: CRIMINAL – supply commercial quantity of prohibited drug – cocaine – supply prohibited drug – MDMA – taking part in or attempting to manufacture a prohibited drug – possess prohibited weapon – SENTENCE – delay – relevance of Form 1 matters – totality – offences committed while on home detention bail – bail for prior inter-state offences – historical offending – effect of sentence despite notable rehabilitation for more recent offending. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act (NSW) 1999 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act (NSW) 1985 Firearms Act (NSW) 1996 Weapons Prohibition Act (NSW) 1998 Cases Cited: Abbas & Ors [2013] NSWCCA 115 Attorney General's Application No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 147 Clark (unrep, 15/3/90, NSWCCA) Fayd'herbe v R [2007] NSWCCA 20 Markarian v R [2005] HCA 25 Mill v The Queen (1998) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v R (2011) 244 CLR 120 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Polley v R [2015] NSWCCA 247 R v Gip [2006] NSWCCA 115 R v Hammoud [2000] NSWCCA 540 R v Thomson and Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 Raniga v The Queen [2016] NSWCCA 36 Regina v Gu [2006] NSWCCA 104 Todd v Regina (1982) 2 NSWLR 517 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Patrick Singh (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms E Sercombe (Crown) Ms B. Rigg SC (Defendant) File Number(s): 2009/00283054 Publication restriction: Nil