Al Saadi v R [2017] NSWCCA 110

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Al Saadi v R [2017] NSWCCA 110 Hearing dates: 17 March 2017 Decision date: 26 May 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Latham J at [2]; Campbell J at [29] Decision: Leave to appeal refused Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - appeal against sentence - whether the sentencing judge failed to give an adequate discount for the plea - whether the sentence was disproportionate to the applicant's role in the offence - whether the judge erred in assessing the objective seriousness of the offending - leave to appeal refused Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 86 Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 22, 23 Cases Cited: R v Thompson and Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; 49 NSWLR 383 R v Dib [2003] NSWCCA 117 R v Robert Borkowski [2009] NSWCCA 102; 197 A Crim R 1 R v Stambolis [2006] NSWCCA 56; (2006) 160 A Crim R 580 R v Cartwright (1989) 11 NSWLR 243 R v XX [2017] NSWCCA 90 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohammad Bara Al-Saadi (Applicant) Regina (Crown) Representation: Counsel: A Radojev (Applicant) S Hughes (Crown)

Solicitors: Harb Lawyers (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2014/189604 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court of NSW Jurisdiction: Criminal Date of Decision: 16 September 2016 Before: Culver DCJ File Number(s): 2014/189604