R v Sulayman Khalid; R v Jibryl Almaouie; R v IM; R v Mohamed Rashad Al Maouie; R v Farhad Said [2017] NSWSC 1365

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Sulayman Khalid; R v Jibryl Almaouie; R v IM; R v Mohamed Rashad Al Maouie; R v Farhad Said [2017] NSWSC 1365 Hearing dates: 3, 4, 5 and 6 October 2017 Date of orders: 03 November 2017 Decision date: 03 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: See [306]-[310] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Offences – Sentence – Conspiracy to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act or acts – Intentionally making documents connected with the preparation for a terrorist act knowing of that connection – Possessing firearms – Serious offending – Offending underpinned by an adherence to extremist ideology – Necessity to impose a sentence which would denounce the offending and protect the community - Necessity for general deterrence

CRIMINAL LAW – Offences – Sentence – Conspiracy to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act or acts – Intentionally making documents connected with the preparation for a terrorist act knowing of that connection – Assessing prospects of rehabilitation in the absence of sworn evidence renouncing previously held extremist beliefs – Necessity to adopt a cautious approach to statements made to third parties which are not the subject of sworn evidence and thus not subject to cross-examination

CRIMINAL LAW – Offences – Sentence – Conspiracy to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act or acts – Offender 14 years of age at the time of the offending – Serious offending involving acquisition of firearms as part of the conspiracy – Adult like behaviour – Evidence of immaturity on the part of the offender – Relevance of youth on sentence – Consideration of the extent of the mitigatory effect of youth in cases of serious offending Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) Firearms Act 1996 (NSW) Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) Cases Cited: Azzopardi v R (2011) 35 VR 43; [2011] VSCA 372 Benbrika v R (2010) 29 VR 593; [2010] VSCA 281 BP v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 379; [2010] NSWCCA 159 Cameron v R (2002) 209 CLR 339; [2001] HCA 6 Cappis v R [2015] NSWCCA 138 DPP (Cth) v Pratten (No. 2) [2017] NSWCCA 42 DPP (Cth) v Besim [2017] VSCA 158 DPP (Cth) v Fattal [2013] VSCA 276 DPP (Cth) v MHK [2017] VSCA 157 Elomar v R (2014) 316 ALR 206; [2014] NSWCCA 303 HJ v R [2014] NSWCCA 21 JM v R (2012) 223 A Crim R 55; [2012] NSWCCA 83 KT v R (2008) 182 A Crim R 571; [2008] NSWCCA 51 Lodhi v R (2006) 199 FLR 303; [2006] NSWCCA 121 Lodhi v R (2007) 179 A Crim R 470; [2007] NSWCCA 360 Markarian v R (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 R v Barot [2007] EWCA Crim 1119 R v Dib [2013] NSWCCA 117 R v Elomar and ors (2010) 264 ALR 759; [2010] NSWSC 10 R v Fattal [2011] VSC 681 R v Fowler [2003] NSWCCA 321 R v Ghazzawy [2017] NSWSC 474 R v Harrington (2016) 11 ACTR 215; [2016] ACTCA 10 R v Kahar [2016] 1 WLR 3156; [2016] EWCA Crim 568 R v Khazaal [2009] NSWSC 1015 R v Lodhi (2006) 199 FLR 364; [2006] NSWSC 691 R v NP [2003] NSWCCA 195 R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270; [1999] HCA 54 R v PB [2008] NSWCCA 109 R v Qutami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369; [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Rahman; R v Mohammed [2008] 4 All ER 661; [2008] EWCA Crim 1465 R v Sharrouf [2009] NSWSC 1002 R v Thomas (2016) 315 FLR 31; [2016] VSCA 237 R v Thomson; R v Houlten (2009) 49 NSWLR 383; [2009] NSWCCA 309 R v Touma [2008] NSWSC 1475 R v Tran (2002) 4 VR 248; [2002] VSCA 52 R v Zerafa [2013] NSWCCA 222 Tyler v R; Chalmers v R (2007) 173 A Crim R 458; [2007] NSWCCA 247 Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Regina – Crown Sulayman Khalid – Offender Jibryl Almaouie – Offender IM – Offender Mohamed Rashad Al Maouie – Offender Farhad Said - Offender Representation: Counsel: N Robinson QC and M England – Crown R van de Wiel QC – Sulayman Khalid I D Temby QC and G Scragg – Jibryl Almaouie G R James QC – IM M Ramage QC – Mohamed Al Maouie M Pickin – Farhad Said