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Case [2019] VCC 1352

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AGLC: R v Bembo [2019] VCC 1352
Case: [2019] VCC 1352
Decision Date: 23 August 2019

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19 years’ imprisonment; new single non-parole period 25 years’ imprisonment

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R v Bembo [2019] VCC 1352

Most Recent Citation

Wedi Ndjeka Bembo v The Queen [2019] VSCA 308

Cases Citing This Decision

Wedi Ndjeka Bembo v The Queen [2019] VSCA 308
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…de for his family. He took the gamble, but lost. His culpability was very high. [34] DPP v Bembo [2018] VCC 15, [14] [35] The Queen v Bembo [2019] VCC 1352, [93].…

Cases Cited

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Blango v The Queen [2018] VSCA 210
Citation 1

…5.76 kilograms was 74 times the commercial quantity. A sentence of 15 years' imprisonment for that charge was not overturned. [23] Blango v The Queen [2018] VSCA 210 The fact of multiple consignments, albeit each of smaller quantities increased the objective seriousness of Mr Blango's offending, but the quantity i…
R v Ocampo Alvarez [2018] QCA 162
Citation 2

…so traffic a commercial quantity of cocaine. He had pleaded guilty, but disputed some facts requiring evidence to be called. [24] Alvarez v The Queen [2018] QCA 162 In comparison, the quantity of the drug in your case was much greater, you are older, and did not accept responsibility by pleading guilty, but his p…
Jaafar v R [2017] NSWCCA 223
Citation 3

…the quantity to be imported of the drug, and that feature was confirmed to be regarded as increasing the seriousness of the offence. [22] Jaafar v R [2017] NSWCCA 223 In comparison, you did not plead guilty, but I am not able to find that you knew the quantity expected to be concealed in the delivery. The actual qu…
R v Elfar and Golding [2017] QCA 170
Citation 4

…to meet another vessel, transferred the drugs on-board and then returned to shore and delivered some 45 kg to others. [26] R v Elfar & Golding [2017] QCA 170 Elfar received the highest non-parole period, having been found to have been in control of the yacht, and in touch with the other ship from before it left…
DPP (Cth) v Brown [2017] VSCA 162
Citation 5

…etween shipments to discuss the next one, and it was found he was motivated solely by greed and not addiction or financial distress. [21] DPP v Brown [2017] VSCA 162 Your charge involves double the quantity of the drug making it objectively considerably more serious. I do not find that you were motivated solely by…
R v Schelvis [2016] QCA 294
Citation 6

…& Hildebrand,[27] Velez,[28] Peng,[29] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen,[30]Pham & Tang ,[31] Nguyen & Phommalysack .[32] [27] R v Schelvis & Hildebrand [2016] QCA 294; (2016) 263 A Crim R 1 [28] Velez v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 177 [29] DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 [30] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham…
R v Yuan [2015] NSWCCA 198
Citation 7

…non-parole period of ten years, although the dissenting judge indicated 13 years with a non-parole period of eight and a half. [25] R (Cth) v Yuan [2015] NSWCCA 198; (2015) 252 A Crim R 422 In comparison, the amount in your case was almost double, and that offender had no prior convictions and was not on bail as yo…
Velez v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 177
Citation 8

…n,[30]Pham & Tang ,[31] Nguyen & Phommalysack .[32] [27] R v Schelvis & Hildebrand [2016] QCA 294; (2016) 263 A Crim R 1 [28] Velez v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 177 [29] DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 [30] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [32] Nguyen v R…
Pham v The Queen [2014] VSCA 204
Citation 9

…Cases Cited: Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R [2011] VSCA 32; Pham v R [2014] VSCA 204; Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59; R v Beck [2005] 11; Markovic v R; Pantelic v R [2010] VSCA 105; Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372;…
DPP (Cth) v Peng [2014] VSCA 128
Citation 10

…hommalysack .[32] [27] R v Schelvis & Hildebrand [2016] QCA 294; (2016) 263 A Crim R 1 [28] Velez v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 177 [29] DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 [30] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [32] Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R (2011) 31 VR…
DPP (Cth) v Maxwell [2013] VSCA 50
Citation 11

…0] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [32] Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R (2011) 31 VR 673; [2011] VSCA 32…
Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119
Citation 12

…] QCA 294; (2016) 263 A Crim R 1 [28] Velez v R (Cth) [2015] NSWCCA 177 [29] DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 [30] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [32] Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R (2011) 31 VR 673; [2011] VSCA 32…
Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101
Citation 13

…015] NSWCCA 177 [29] DPP v Peng [2014] VSCA 128 [30] Thi Kim Phung Nguyen v The Queen [2012] VSCA 119 [31] Pham v The Queen; Tang v The Queen [2012] VSCA 101 [32] Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R (2011) 31 VR 673; [2011] VSCA 32…
Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372
Citation 14

…R [2011] VSCA 32; Pham v R [2014] VSCA 204; Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59; R v Beck [2005] 11; Markovic v R; Pantelic v R [2010] VSCA 105; Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372;…
Nguyen v The Queen [2011] VSCA 32
Citation 15

…Cases Cited: Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R [2011] VSCA 32; Pham v R [2014] VSCA 204; Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59; R v Beck [2005] 11; Markovic v R; Pantelic v R [2010] VSCA 105; Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372;…
Markovic v The Queen [2010] VSCA 105
Citation 16

…ed: Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R [2011] VSCA 32; Pham v R [2014] VSCA 204; Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59; R v Beck [2005] 11; Markovic v R; Pantelic v R [2010] VSCA 105; Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372;…
R v Beck [2005] VSCA 11
Citation 17 (Para 19)

…release. [14] Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59, at [66] [15] Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372, per Redlich JA at 61 See Redlich [16] R v Beck [2005] VSCA 11, per Nettle JA at [19] 116In applying these principles in this case, I take into account that your drug importation related offending involved three separate episodes…
Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70
Citation 18

…Cases Cited: Nguyen v R; Phommalysack v R [2011] VSCA 32; Pham v R [2014] VSCA 204; Mill v R (1988) 166 CLR 59; R v Beck [2005] 11; Markovic v R; Pantelic v R [2010] VSCA 105; Azzopardi v R [2011] VSCA 372;…

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