R v Kurtulmus [2020] NSWDC 149

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kurtulmus [2020] NSWDC 149 Hearing dates: 28 June 2019, 08 October 2019 & 18 March 2020 Date of orders: 26 March 2020 Decision date: 26 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Bennett SC DCJ Decision: Sentence of imprisonment of 3 years 4 months and 15 days with a non-parole period of 1 year 4 months Catchwords: CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Circumstances of offence SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Form 1 offences SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — General principles SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Maximum penalty SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Expert reports SENTENCING — Sentencing procedure — Reasons for sentence SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Criminal Code Act 1995 Cases Cited: Atilgan v R [2018] NSWCCA 5 Attorney General's application under s 37 Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 [2002] NSWCCA 518 Luong v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 129 Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59 Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 R v Borkowski (2009) NSWCCA 102 R v Todd [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 R v Tuki No 4 [2013] NSWSC 1864 The Queen v Kay (2004) NSWCCA 130 The Queen v Ly (2014) NSWCCA 78 The Queen v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270 Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (Crown) Erhan Kurtulmus (Offender) Representation: James Ly (Crown) Avni Djemal (counsel) (Offender)