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CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Wilson

Case [2025] VCC 885

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AGLC: CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Wilson [2025] VCC 885
Case: [2025] VCC 885
Decision Date: 27 June 2025

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CDirector of Public Prosecutions v Wilson [2025] VCC 885

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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Nguyen [2025] VCC 1045

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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Nguyen [2025] VCC 1045
Citation 1

…stage in the proceedings, at a committal mention held in the Magistrates’ Court on 5 June 2024. [73] DPP (Cth) v Benjamin Wilson [2025] VCC 885 (Ex P10). 154Pham pleaded guilty to one charge of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border controlled drug, particularised as being b…

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Rohen v The King [2024] VSCA 1
Citation 1

…Kachunga [2017] VSCA 204 [139] (Beale AJA); Hoang v The Queen [2018] VSCA 86 [34] (Priest and McLeish JJA); Rohen v The King [2024] VSCA 1 [122] (Boyce JA, Priest and Taylor JJA agreeing). (a) The criminality of an offender must be assessed by consideration of the involvement of the offender in the steps taken…
Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244
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…eish JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA); Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244 [53]–[56] (Emerton JA, Priest JA agreeing). [39] Ex P4. 99While current sentencing practice is relevant to the sentences I impose on you, it is only one of a number of sentencin…
Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35
Citation 3

…8] (2016) 53 VR 546, 606–609 [173]–[183] (Redlich, Santamaria and McLeish JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA); Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244 [53]–[56] (Emerton JA, Priest JA agreeing). [39] Ex P4. 99While current sentencing practice is relevant to…
DPP v Fatho [2019] VSCA 311
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…CA 255 [36] (‘ KMD ’), [64](Maxwell P, Weinberg and Beach JJA); DPP v Fatho and Ors [2019] VSCA 311 [70] (Maxwell P, Priest and Beach JJA) (‘ Fatho ’); Gregory (a pseudonym) v The Queen (2017) 268 A Crim R 1, 7–8 [23]–[24] (Maxwell P, Redlich and Beach JJA) (‘ Gregory ’). Although I note these cases involve the mo…
Rosales (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2018] VSCA 130
Citation 5

…lysack v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 673, 681–83 [33–34] (Maxwell P, Redlich JA agreeing. [9] E.g. Thomas [192]; Rosales v The Queen [2018] VSCA 130 [21] (Priest and Beach JJA); DPP (Cth) v Brown [2017] VSCA 162 [27]–[28] (Maxwell P, Santamaria JA and Beale AJA); DPP (Cth) v Masange and Kachunga [2017] VSCA 204 [139] (…
Hoang v The Queen [2018] VSCA 86
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…axwell P, Santamaria JA and Beale AJA); DPP (Cth) v Masange and Kachunga [2017] VSCA 204 [139] (Beale AJA); Hoang v The Queen [2018] VSCA 86 [34] (Priest and McLeish JJA); Rohen v The King [2024] VSCA 1 [122] (Boyce JA, Priest and Taylor JJA agreeing). (a) The criminality of an offender must be assessed by consid…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41
Citation 7

…R 673 – Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 17 years imprisonment with a C…
DPP (Cth) v Masange [2017] VSCA 204
Citation 8

…JJA); DPP (Cth) v Brown [2017] VSCA 162 [27]–[28] (Maxwell P, Santamaria JA and Beale AJA); DPP (Cth) v Masange and Kachunga [2017] VSCA 204 [139] (Beale AJA); Hoang v The Queen [2018] VSCA 86 [34] (Priest and McLeish JJA); Rohen v The King [2024] VSCA 1 [122] (Boyce JA, Priest and Taylor JJA agreeing). (a) The c…
DPP (Cth) v Brown [2017] VSCA 162
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…Redlich JA agreeing. [9] E.g. Thomas [192]; Rosales v The Queen [2018] VSCA 130 [21] (Priest and Beach JJA); DPP (Cth) v Brown [2017] VSCA 162 [27]–[28] (Maxwell P, Santamaria JA and Beale AJA); DPP (Cth) v Masange and Kachunga [2017] VSCA 204 [139] (Beale AJA); Hoang v The Queen [2018] VSCA 86 [34] (Priest and M…
DPP (Cth) v KMD [2015] VSCA 255
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…offending and your motivation for involvement in it.[17] [15] See e.g. DPP (Cth) v KMD [2015] VSCA 255 [36] (‘ KMD ’), [64](Maxwell P, Weinberg and Beach JJA); DPP v Fatho and Ors [2019] VSCA 311 [70] (Maxwell P, Priest and Beach JJA) (‘ Fatho ’); Gregory (a pseudonym) v The Queen (2017) 268 A Crim R 1, 7–8 [23]–…
Samuels-Orunmwense v The Queen [2015] VSCA 152
Citation 11

…e Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [4] (Redlich JA) (‘ Pham ’), cited with approval in Samuels-Orumnwense v The Queen; Osifo v The [2015] VSCA 152 [88] (Priest JA, Maxwell ACJ and Redlich JA agreeing). [11] R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270, 279 [19] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Hayne and Callinan). [12] Pham [5]–[6]…
Collins v The Queen [2015] VSCA 106
Citation 12

…dge of this Court, and the related co-offender Nguyen is awaiting sentence by me. [42] See e.g. Collins v The Queen [2015] VSCA 106 [23] (Whelan, Santamaria and Beach JJA). 105Both Nguyen and Thong had a sentence indication hearing before me on 9 October 2024. Following this hearing, Thong pleaded guilty to one ch…
Heathcote (a pseudonym) v R [2014] VSCA 37
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…ng); Mouscas v R [2008] NSWCCA 181 [37] (Price J, Allsop P and James J agreeing); Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 37 [35] (Tate JA, Sifris AJA agreeing); R v Gajjar (2008) 192 A Crim R 76, 81 [29] (Maxwell P, Nettle and Weinberg JJA); Garside [63]. 90I consider your prior good character, your leve…
Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) [2013] VSCA 216
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…ham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 – Nguyen v The Queen; Phommalysack v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 673 – Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - DPP (Cth) v Thom…
DPP (Cth) v Maxwell [2013] VSCA 50
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…t 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: R v Nguyen; R v Pham (2010) 205 A Crim R 106 – Nguyen v The Queen; Phommalysack v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 673 – Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang…
Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross [2012] HCA 56
Citation 16

…] See R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29, 44 [65] (Johnson J, McClellan CJ at CL and Adams J agreeing); DPP v D’Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477, 483–484 [21] (Harper JA, Redlich and Williams AJA agreeing); Mouscas v R [2008] NSWCCA 181 [37] (Price J, Allsop P and James J agreeing); Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [201…
Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101
Citation 17

…known acts performed, and their importance in accomplishing the organisation’s criminal purpose.[12] [10] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [4] (Redlich JA) (‘ Pham ’), cited with approval in Samuels-Orumnwense v The Queen; Osifo v The [2015] VSCA 152 [88] (Priest JA, Maxwell ACJ and Redlich JA a…
Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45
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…VR 436 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 17 years imprisonment with a Commonwealth non-parole period of 9 years…
DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194
Citation 19

…Australia.[6] [5] DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546, 613 [193] (Redlich, Santamaria and McLeish JJA) (‘ Thomas ’); DPP (Cth)v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1, 49–51 [207]–[215] (McClellan CJ at CL). [6] Wong 607–08 [64]. 46In sentencing you for this offence, I must apply a number of propositions applicable to senten…
R v Mark Thomas Garvin [2009] ACTSC 87
Citation 20

…al in Samuels-Orumnwense v The Queen; Osifo v The [2015] VSCA 152 [88] (Priest JA, Maxwell ACJ and Redlich JA agreeing). [11] R v Olbrich (1999) 199 CLR 270, 279 [19] (Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, Hayne and Callinan). [12] Pham [5]–[6]. 48I agree with the prosecution submission that, when the principles summarised above and…
Mouscas v R [2008] NSWCCA 181
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…eeing); DPP v D’Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477, 483–484 [21] (Harper JA, Redlich and Williams AJA agreeing); Mouscas v R [2008] NSWCCA 181 [37] (Price J, Allsop P and James J agreeing); Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 37 [35] (Tate JA, Sifris AJA agreeing); R v Gajjar (2008) 192 A Crim R 76, 81 [29] (Ma…
Adams v The Queen [2008] HCA 15
Citation 22

…, 260 [64] (Maxwell P, Weinberg and Beach JJA); Adams v The Queen (2008) 234 CLR 143. Although I again note these cases involve the more serious offence of trafficking a drug of dependence. [17] Gregory 8 [24]. 60This is a single date offence. You do not dispute you possessed this drug for a purpose relating to traff…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 23

…the past as part of your general circumstances. [20] See R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269, 276 [32] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Vincent JJA).…
R v Gent [2005] NSWCCA 370
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…d weight is to be given to this circumstance as a mitigating factor.[27] Prospects of rehabilitation [26] Ex D4. [27] See R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29, 44 [65] (Johnson J, McClellan CJ at CL and Adams J agreeing); DPP v D’Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477, 483–484 [21] (Harper JA, Redlich and Williams AJA agreeing);…
Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64
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…ug importation offence must necessarily attract a significant sentence, otherwise the interests of general deterrence are not served.[4] [4] Wong v R (2001) 207 CLR 584, 607–08 [64] (Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ) (‘ Wong ’). 45Moreover, these considerations will generally outweigh subjective circumstances, particular…
The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCATrans 240
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…Nguyen v The Queen; Phommalysack v The Queen (2011) 31 VR 673 – Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: T…
DPP (Cth) v Thomas [2005] VSC 85
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…) 262 CLR 428 – Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 – DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 17 years imprisonment with a Commonwealth non-parole period of 9 years and 4 months.…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Thong [2025] VCC 189
Citation 28

…ime. His role and personal circumstances are entirely different from yours. [45] DPP (Cth) v Channara Thong [2025] VCC 189R. 107Pham pleaded guilty to one charge of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border controlled drug, particularised as being between 22 and 27 May 2023 at S…

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