R v Chan; R v Kwan [2019] NSWDC 507

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Chan; R v Kwan [2019] NSWDC 507 Hearing dates: 26 April 2019 Decision date: 10 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: King SC DCJ Decision: Each offender is convicted. Each offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 23 years comprising a non-parole period of 15 years commencing on 24/2/17 and expiring on 23/2/2032, and a balance of term of 8 years commencing on 24/2/32 and expiring on 23/2/40. Catchwords: CRIMINAL – sentence after trial – attempt to possess commercial quantity of border controlled drug, methamphetamine, 81.4 kg pure - co-offenders – roles – parity – subjective matters Legislation Cited: Criminal Code Act 1995 Cases Cited: De La Rosa v R [2010] NSWLR 1 R v Budiman [1998] 102 A Crim R 411 R v Cheung Yai Man & Ors NSWSC (22 March 1991, unreported R v Le Cerf (1975) 13 SASR 237 R v Morabito [1992] 62 A Crim R 82 R v Nguyen, R v Phan [2010] A Crim R 106 R v Olbrich [2000] 117 A Crim R 326 R v Pang [1999] 105 A Crim R 474 R v Stanbouli [2003] NSWCCA 355 Wong v The Queen, Leung v The Queen [2001] 207 CLR 584 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina Donald Chan Chun Kwan Representation: Counsel: Mr D Staehli SC Mr N Roucek Chan: Mr G Corr Kwan: Mr T Thorpe Solicitors: Crown: Ms H Sewell Chan: Mr J Balloot Criminal Defence Group Kwan: Ms J Lau Chess Legal Pty Ltd File Number(s): 2017/00060423; 2017/00060396