R v Emile George El Soury [2018] NSWDC 450

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Emile George El Soury [2018] NSWDC 450 Hearing dates: 12 October, 3 December 2018 Date of orders: 03 December 2018 Decision date: 03 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Montgomery DCJ Decision: See [74] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – Commonwealth offences – dishonestly obtaining financial advantage from the Commonwealth by deception – attempting to dishonestly obtain financial advantage from the Commonwealth by deception – s 134.2(1) Criminal Code 1995 (Cth) – pleas of guilty – Commonwealth consistency – parole to non-parole ratio Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Cases Cited: Brown v R [2013] NSWCCA 44 Cao v R [2010] NSWCCA 109 Edwards v R [2013] NSWCCA 54 Hawkins [2013] NSWCCA 208 Hilli v R [2010] 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Hughes v R [2011] NSWCCA 226 Kertebani v R [2010] NSWCCA 221 Noble v R [2018] NSWCCA 253 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346; (1997) NSWCCA 111 R v Massey [2015] QCA 254 R v Melrose [2016] QCA 202 R v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 Sabra [2015] NSWCCA 38 Woods v R [2018] NSWCCA 261 Category: Sentence Parties: Emile George El Soury CDPP Representation: Counsel: Mr G. Stanton (for the offender)