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Elkadi v The King
[2023] VSCA 328
Citation 1
(Para 2)
…l P, Beach and McLeish JJA) – was of less assistance given that it involved offending which was clearly much less serious. a.In Elkadi v The King [2023] VSCA 328 (Macauley and Taylor JJA): i.The offender was involved in a dark web trafficking syndicate, earning approximately $5000 a week taking orders via a websit…
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Obian v The King
[2023] VSCA 18
Citation 2
(Para 2)
…antity trafficking offence; and a total effective sentence of the same length, with a non-parole period of 21 months. h.In Obian v The King [2023] VSCA 18 (Priest, Niall and Macauley JJA): i.The offender used his industrial cleaning business as a cover to import, move and store vast quantities of a 1,4-BD. ii.Aft…
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Rajeev Singh v The Queen
[2022] VSCA 93
Citation 3
(Para 2)
…ntence of 12 years and 4 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 7 years and 4 months. This was upheld on appeal. b.In Singh v The Queen [2022] VSCA 93 (T Forrest and Kennedy JJA): i.In a number of transactions, the offender sold, or offered to sell, methamphetamine to undercover police officers (the qua…
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Barbaro v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 277
Citation 4
(Para 2)
…nce of 7 years and 6 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 4 years and 6 months. This was upheld on appeal. d.In Barbaro v The Queen [2021] VSCA 277 (Kaye and T Forrest JJA): i.The offender was involved in trafficking drugs with his father and two others. ii.The offender was charged with trafficking in…
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Marchei v The Queen
[2021] VSCA 58
Citation 5
(Para 2)
…effective sentence of 9 years and 9 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 6 years. This was upheld on appeal. c.In Marchei v The Queen [2021] VSCA 58 (Ferguson CJ and Beach JA): i.Marchei was a member of a group of offenders who trafficked a variety of different drugs (the quantities were again closer…
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DPP v Condo
[2019] VSCA 181
Citation 6
(Para 2)
…trafficking offence; and a total effective sentence of 5 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 2 years and 9 months. e.In DPP v Condo [2019] VSCA 181 (Maxwell P, T Forrest and Weinberg JJA): i.The offender was a senior member (but not the head) of a drug trafficking syndicate. The offender’s role include…
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DPP v Moustafa
[2018] VSCA 331
Citation 7
(Para 2)
…ctive sentence of 17 years and 10 months imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 12 years. This was upheld on appeal. i.In DPP v Moustafa [2018] VSCA 331 (Beach, Emerton and Weinberg JJA): i.The offender assisted Mr Obian to move and store some of his 1,4-BD at premises he rented. When police searched these and…
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Gregory (a pseudonym) v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 151
Citation 8
(Para 1)
…y to sentencing for commercial quantity drug offending are well-established.[2] They include the following: [2] See, for example, Gregory v The Queen [2017] VSCA 151 (Maxwell P, Redlich and Beach JJA). a.Because illegal drug offending causes great harm to the community and is difficult to detect, the need for gene…
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McKee v The Queen
[2014] NZCA 337
Citation 9
(Para 2)
…habit by trafficking.[9] However, you also gained financially from your offending, albeit not to the extent that you enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. [9] McKee v The Queen (2003) 138 A Crim R 88.…
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Bugmy v The Queen
[2013] HCA 37
Citation 10
(Para 1)
…exual abuse. I accept that your troubled upbringing continues to affect you, and give this weight in the sentencing process.[8] [8] Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571.…
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Dunn (a pseudonym) v The Queen
[2017] VSCA 371
Citation 11
(Para 2)
…ng decisions, and made submissions about the relative seriousness of the offending, compared to yours : [3] [3] One of the cases – Dunn v The Queen [2017] VSCA 371 (Maxwell P, Beach and McLeish JJA) – was of less assistance given that it involved offending which was clearly much less serious. a.In Elkadi v The Kin…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Douglas
[2024] VCC 1566
Citation 12
…[2024] VCC 1566…
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Director of Public Prosecutions v Eric Nguyen
[2020] VCC 952
Citation 13
(Para 2)
…l effective sentence of 10 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 4 years and 6 months. This was upheld on appeal. f.In DPP v Nguyen [2020] VCC 952 (Judge Parrish): i.The offender was a senior member (but not the head) of a drug trafficking syndicate. The offender’s role included obtaining, storing and s…
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DPP v Wicks
[2019] VCC 135
Citation 14
(Para 2)
…ntity trafficking offences; and a total effective sentence of 16 years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 10 years. g.In DPP v Wicks [2019] VCC 135 (Judge Trapnell): i.The offender played a significant role as a courier in a sophisticated cannabis-trafficking enterprise. ii.The offender pleaded guilty to t…