R v Pablo [2022] NSWDC 429

R v Pablo [2022] NSWDC 429

Given the seriousness, the number of victims, duration and financial harm, imprisonment is appropriate but an intensive corrections order is justified due to rehabilitation prospects, discount for plea and assistance, absence of prior convictions, and offender’s subjective circumstances.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 September 2022
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Sentence
Outcome
conviction and intensive corrections order
Legal Topics
['sentencing' 'money Laundering' 'proceeds of Crime' 'aggravating and Mitigating Factors' 'intensive Corrections Order']
['criminal Law'] ['sentencing' 'money Laundering' 'proceeds of Crime' 'aggravating and Mitigating Factors' 'intensive Corrections Order']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal / Sentence

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Appropriate sentencing for knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime' 'Application of discounts for guilty plea and assistance' 'Consideration for intensive corrections order versus imprisonment']

Ratio Decidendi

Given the seriousness, the number of victims, duration and financial harm, imprisonment is appropriate but an intensive corrections order is justified due to rehabilitation prospects, discount for plea and assistance, absence of prior convictions, and offender’s subjective circumstances.

Court Disposition

conviction and intensive corrections order

Orders

  • ['In respect of the offences to which the offender has pleaded guilty, the offender is convicted.' 'The offender is sentenced to an aggregate sentence of two years imprisonment, to be served by way of an intensive corrections order.' 'That sentence will commence on 23 September 2022 and expire on 22 September 2024.'...