Khalid v R [2020] NSWCCA 73

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Khalid v R [2020] NSWCCA 73 Hearing dates: 4 October 2019 Date of orders: 17 April 2020 Decision date: 17 April 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Bell P at [99]; Harrison J at [100] Decision: (1) Grant the applicant leave to appeal. (2) Allow the appeal. (3) Set aside the sentence imposed on the applicant and in lieu thereof sentence the applicant to a term of imprisonment of 20 years commencing on 23 December 2014 and expiring on 22 December 2034 with a non-parole period of 15 years expiring on 22 December 2029. Catchwords: CRIME – Terrorism offences – Conspiracy to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act or acts

CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – Sentencing judge erred by failing to take into account the utilitarian value of the applicant's plea of guilty – Resentence

SENTENCING – Relevant factors on sentence – Terrorism offences – Mitigating factors – Prospect of rehabilitation – Subjective factors –Youth of offender Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Alou v R [2019] NSWCCA 231 Bae v R [2020] NSWCCA 35 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v MHK (No 1) (2017) 52 VR 272; [2017] VSCA 157 Elomar v R [2014] NSWCCA 303 Faheem Khalid Lodhi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 360; (2007) 179 A Crim R 470 Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 IM v R [2019] NSWCCA 107 Jinde Huang aka Wei Liu v R [2018] NSWCCA 70 Johnson v The Queen [2004] HCA 15 R v Benbrika and Ors [2009] VSC 21 R v Elomar and Ors [2010] NSWSC 10 R v Fattal and Ors [2011] VSC 681 R v Khaja (No 5) [2018] NSWSC 238 R v Lodhi [2006] NSWSC 691 R v Martin (1999) 1 Cr App Rep (S) 477 R v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 Singh v R [2018] NSWCCA 60 Tyler v The Queen; R v Chalmers [2007] NSWCCA 247; (2007) 173 A Crim R 458 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCCA 4 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sulayman Khalid (applicant) The Crown (respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Stratton SC with N Bennett (applicant) D K Jordan (respondent)