R v Kennedy [2019] NSWDC 283

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kennedy [2019] NSWDC 283 Hearing dates: 30 - 31 May 2019 Date of orders: 07 June 2019 Decision date: 07 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Grant DCJ Decision: An aggregate period of imprisonment of three years is to be served by way of an intensive correction order commencing 7 June 2019. The intensive correction order is subject to the following conditions: 1. The offender must not commit any offence. 2. The offender must perform 700 hours of community service work. 3. The offender is to abstain from using illicit drugs. 4. The offender must submit to supervision by a community corrections officer. 5. The offender is to report to the City Community Corrections office within five days. Catchwords: CRIME — Federal offences — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 — Importation of Protected Fauna — Snakes, Lizards, Turtles; SENTENCING — Penalties — Intensive correction orders; SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Undue Cruelty Legislation Cited: Crime (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Crimes Act 1914 Criminal Code (Commonwealth) Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Evidence Act 1995 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Cases Cited: Dasreef Pty Limited v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; 243 CLR 588 Henri Robert Morgan v R [2007] NSWCCA 8 Honeysett v R [2014] HCA 29; 253 CLR 122 Klein (1989) 39 A Crim R 332 Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 285 R v DP [2019] NSWCCA 55 R v Dood [1991] 57 A Crim R 349 R v Holder; R v Johnson (1983) 3 NSWLR 245 R v Moon [2000] NSWCCA 534 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 Roger v Western Australia [2009] WASCA 139 Simpson v Department of Environment and Conservation [2011] WASC 2006 Simpson v The Office of Environment and Heritage [2014] NSWLEC 34 The Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie 2017 NSWCCA 301 The Queen v Robison (1992) 62 A Crim R 374 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Yardley v Betts (1979) 1 A Crim R 329 Yeung v R [2018] NSWCCA 52 Texts Cited: New South Wales Legislative Assembly Parliamentary Debates, Hansard, 11 October 2017 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Martin James Kennedy (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Agius QC with Mr P Boncardo (Crown) Mr G James QC (Offender)