R v Awraham [2019] NSWDC 341

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Awraham [2019] NSWDC 341 Hearing dates: 03 May 2019, 5 July 2019 Date of orders: 05 July 2019 Decision date: 05 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Weinstein SC DCJ Decision: You are convicted of the offences of possessing an unauthorised pistol, contrary to section 7(1) of the Firearms Act 1996, possessing an unregistered firearm, contrary to section 36(1) of the Firearms Act 1996, supply of a prohibited drug (MDMA) contrary to section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 and attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border control drug, namely cocaine, contrary to section 11.1 and section 307.5(1) of the Criminal Code 1995.

For the offence of possessing an unauthorised pistol, contrary to section 7(1) of the Firearms Act 1996, after applying a discount of 25% for the plea of guilty, I impose a head sentence of 3 years, with a non-parole period of 1 year 11 months. The sentence is backdated to commence on 23 April 2018, the date on which you were taken into custody. The non-parole period expires on 22 March 2020, and the head sentence expires on 22 April 2021.

For the offence of possessing an unregistered firearm, contrary to section 36(1) of the Firearms Act, after applying a discount of 25% for the plea of guilty, I impose a sentence of 18 months. That sentence is backdated to commence on 23 April 2018, the date on which you were taken into custody, and will expire on 22 October 2019.

For the offence of supplying prohibited drug (MDMA) contrary to section 25(1) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, after applying a discount of 25% for the plea of guilty, I impose a sentence of 2 years and three months. That sentence is backdated to commence on 23 April 2018, the date on which you were taken into custody, and will expire on 22 July 2020.