R v Contreras; R v Alvarado; R v Silva; R v Pizarro; R v Carrasco; R v Santibanez [2019] NSWDC 527

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Contreras; R v Alvarado; R v Silva; R v Pizarro; R v Carrasco; R v Santibanez [2019] NSWDC 527 Hearing dates: 8 April 2019; 9 April 2019 Date of orders: 09 April 2019 Decision date: 09 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: Carrasco: A term of imprisonment of 7 years with a non-parole period of 3 years, 8 months. Santibanez: A term of imprisonment of 7 years with a non-parole period of 3 years, 8 months. Silva: A term of imprisonment of 4 years, 4 months with a non-parole period of 2 years, 4 months. Alvarado: A term of imprisonment of 4 years, 4 months with a non-parole period of 2 years, 4 months. Contreras: A term of imprisonment of 3 years, 7 months with a non-parole period of 2 years. Pizarro: A term of imprisonment of 4 years with a non-parole period of 2 years, 3 month. See [55]. Catchwords: SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Financial gain — In company — Planned or organised criminal activity — Vulnerable victim SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty — Remorse — Rehabilitation SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Parity — Establishing relevant matters — Form 1 offences — Multiple offences — Accumulation, concurrency and totality — Pearce SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Hardship — Deportation — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Migration Act 1958 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Pearce v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 610 Porter v R [2008] NSWCCA 145 R v Chu (unrep, 16/10/98, NSWCCA) R v Qutami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v XX (2009) 195 A Crim R 38 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Mario Contreras (Offender) Christian Alvarado (Offender) Nicolas Silva (Offender) Ubaldo Pizarro (Offender) Gabriel Carrasco (Offender) Ivan Santibanez (Offender) Representation: Mr Sit (Crown) Ms Hutchinson (Carrasco – Offender) Mr Lawrence (Santibanez – Offender) Ms Carroll (Silva – Offender) Ms Avenell (Alvarado – Offender) Mr Williams (Contreras – Offender) Ms Mikhael (Pizarro – Offender) File Number(s): 2017/280152; 2017/281189; 2017/281786; 2017/281797; 2017/283373; 2017/283383