R v Lorenzo Fiordelli [2020] NSWDC 154

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Lorenzo Fiordelli [2020] NSWDC 154 Hearing dates: 11 March 2020 Date of orders: 20 April 2020 Decision date: 20 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Yehia SC DCJ Decision: Pursuant to s 68 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), I impose an aggregate sentence of 20 months imprisonment to be served by way of an Intensive Correction Order. Full orders set out at [121]–[127]. Catchwords: CRIME – importing tobacco products with intent to defraud revenue – substantial amount of money defrauded

SENTENCING – application of the principle of parity where co-offenders sentenced to full-time imprisonment

SENTENCING – availability of an Intensive Correction Order where excellent rehabilitation has been demonstrated

SENTENCING – relevance of the COVID-19 pandemic on sentence Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), s 66 Criminal Code (Cth), s 11.2A(1) Customs Act 1901 (Cth), s 233BABAD(1) Cases Cited: Brown v R [2020] VSC 60 Casella v R [2019] NSWCCA 201 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh [2017] 91 ALJR 1063 DPP (Cth) v Politopoulos [2020] VCC 338 DPP v Morey (a pseudonym) [2020] VCC 320 DPP v Tennison [2020] VCC 343 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v R [1988] 166 CLR 59 R v Fangaloka [2019] NSWCCA 173 R v Pogson; R v Lapham; R v Martin [2012] NSWCCA 225 R v Pullen [2018] NSWCCA 264 R v Saleh [2015] NSWCCA 299 R v Zhang [2017] 265 A Crim R 113 Rakielbakhour v DPP [2020] NSWSC 323 Todd v R [1982] 2 NSWLR 517 Texts Cited: New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 11 October 2017 (Mark Speakman, Attorney-General) 274