R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: R v Kassir [2020] NSWCCA 88 Hearing dates: 25 October 2019 Date of orders: 06 May 2020 Decision date: 06 May 2020 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Fullerton J at [136]; R A Hulme J at [137] Decision: (1) Appeal allowed. (2) Quash the sentence imposed on the respondent and in lieu thereof order the respondent be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 10 years commencing on 18 August 2016 and expiring on 17 August 2026 with a non-parole period of 6 years and 6 months expiring on 17 February 2023. Catchwords: CRIME – Appeals – Appeal against sentence – By Crown against inadequacy – Whether sentence manifestly inadequate – Residual discretion

CRIME – Drug offences – Aiding and abetting commission of an offence by another person, namely importing border controlled drug – Commercial quantity of methamphetamine – 166 kilograms of pure methamphetamine – Respondent a "facilitator" who used inside knowledge of DHL Global Forwarding Ltd operations Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58; [2014] HCA 2 Chen v R [2018] NSWCCA 157 CMB v Attorney‑General (NSW) (2015) 256 CLR 346; [2015] HCA 9 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1; [2010] NSWCCA 194 Dmitri Shakhanov v The Queen [2019] VSCA 38 Everett v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 295 at 300; [1994] HCA 49 Green v The Queen; Quinn v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462; [2011] HCA 49 Griffiths v R (1977) 137 CLR 293; [1977] HCA 44 Hili v R; Jones v R (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HCA 45 Obeid v R (2017) 96 NSWLR 155; [2017] NSWCCA 221 Pham v R; Tang v R [2012] VSCA 101 Pham v The Queen (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 R v Aaron Tran; R v Peter Tran; R v Hoang Nguyen (2013) 233 A Crim R 167; [2013] NSWCCA 136 R v Hernando (2002) 136 A Crim R 451; [2002] NSWCCA 489 R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106; [2010] NSWCCA 238 R v Nikolovska (2010) 209 A Crim R 218; [2010] NSWCCA 169 R v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550; [2015] HCA 39 R v Robert Borkowski (2009) 195 A Crim R 1; [2009] NSWCCA 102 R v Schwartz [2018] NSWDC 118 R v Stanbouli (2003) 141 A Crim R 531; [2003] NSWCCA 355 R v Yeo [2012] SASCFC 60 Tsang v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2011) 35 VR 240; [2011] VSCA 336 Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Crown (appellant) Hassan Kassir (respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Ranken with C Newman (appellant) A Djemal (respondent)