R v Andrew Lee Black; R v Rowan Alistair Connell [2019] NSWDC 756

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Andrew Lee Black; R v Rowan Alistair Connell [2019] NSWDC 756 Hearing dates: 5 December 2019 Date of orders: 16 December 2019 Decision date: 20 January 2019 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Priestly SC DCJ Decision: Andrew Black- Aggregate Sentence 9 years with non parole period of 6 years Rowan Connell – Aggregate sentence of 8 ½ years with a non parole period of 5 ½ years Catchwords: Supply large commercial quantities of MDMA- breach of s 7 (1) Firearms Act- breach of section 62 (1) (B) Firearms Act. Legislation Cited: Crimes (SP) Act 1999 Cases Cited: Attorney General's Application under s37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Briouzguine [2014] NSWCCA 264 Newman [2019] NSWCCA 157 Nye [2018] NSWCCA 244 R v Farrell [2015] NSWCCA 68 R v Millwood [2012] NSWCCA 2 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Category: Sentence Parties: R-v- Andrew Black R-v- Rowan Connell Representation: Counsel: For Andrew Black Crown: Mr Hanna Defence: Mr Behan For Rowan Connell Crown: Mr Hanna Defence: Mr Cochrane File Number(s): Black 2019/52491 Connell 2019/52493 Publication restriction: NIL

TABLE OF CONTENTS The charges - paragraph 3 THE AGREED FACTS - paragraph 4 AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS BACKGROUND - paragraph 1 Objective seriousness Connell and Black DMTA offence - paragraph 5 Firearms - paragraph 16 THE AUTHORITIES - paragraph 26 Statistics - paragraph 34 THE SUBJECTIVE CASES Connell - paragraph 36 SNPP - paragraph 66 ORDERS: CONNELL - paragraph 69 SUBJECTIVE CASE BLACK - paragraph 74 Consideration - paragraph 87 SNPP - paragraph 97 ORDERS: BLACK - paragraph 100