R v Aumash [2020] NSWDC 168

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Aumash [2020] NSWDC 168 Hearing dates: 01 May 2020 Decision date: 01 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: See orders [65] – [68] Catchwords: SENTENCE – Aggravated break and enter – intimidation.

SENTENCE - Relevant factors on sentence - early guilty plea - multiple domestic violence offences - Form 1 - victim targeted - victim impact - need for denunciation - specific deterrence - prior record - limited prospects - need for drug rehabilitation and psychological treatment - special circumstances. Legislation Cited: Crime Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Domestic and Personal and Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Inclosed Lands Protection Act 1901 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Ahmu v R; DPP v Ahmu [2014] NSWCCA 312 Attorney General's Application No. 1: (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1 (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 CD v R [2013] VSCA 95 Grube v R [2005] NSWCCA 140 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Munda v The Queen [2013] HCA 38; (2013) 249 CLR 600 Munda v Western Australia [2013] HCA 38 (2013) 249 CLR 600 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Burton [2008] NSWCCA 128 R v Despotovski [2020] NSWDC 110 R v Dunn (2004) 144 A Crim R 180 R v Henry (1999) 46 NSWLR 346 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; 53 NSWLR 704 The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCA 48; (2016) 259 CLR 256 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4 Texts Cited: Parole Supervision and Re-offending: Wai-Yin Wan, Suzanne Poynton, Gerard van Doorn and Don Weatherburn (2016) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, V 149. No.4. p 497. Category: Sentence Parties: Ahmed Aumash (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr D McMahon (for the offender)