R v Williamson [2019] NSWDC 72

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Williamson [2019] NSWDC 72 Hearing dates: 01 March 2019 Date of orders: 01 March 2019 Decision date: 01 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Grant DCJ Decision: (1) Convicted (2) Aggregate period of imprisonment of three years to be served by way of an intensive correction order commencing on 1 March 2019. The intensive correction order is subject to the following conditions: (a) The offender must not commit any offence; (b) The offender must appear before the Court if called upon; (c) The offender must perform 500 hours of community service work; (d) The offender is to abstain from consuming drugs. (e) The offender must submit to supervision by a community corrections officer. (f) The offender is to report to the Hornsby Community Corrections office within 7 days. (g) Not to use any drugs proscribed under the Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Catchwords: CRIME — Drug offences — Supply prohibited drug — Knowingly take part in supply SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive correction orders SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Community Safety Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, s 3A Drugs Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) Weapons Prohibition Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Texts Cited: NSW Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 11 October 2017 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Nicholas Kane Williamson (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms A Chauvet, Solicitor Advocate (Crown) Mr G Brady SC (Offender) File Number(s): 2017/00339816