R v Issa; R v Rohaim [2026] NSWDC 286

R v Issa; R v Rohaim [2026] NSWDC 286. Following jury convictions for specially aggravated kidnapping, the Court considered the factual basis on which each offender could be sentenced consistently with the verdict. It found the detention lasted only minutes, the victim probably transferred $20,000 himself, and the bodily harm involved no more than one blow, rejecting more serious allegations that were not proved beyond reasonable doubt. Childhood disadvantage and mental illness reduced both offenders’ moral culpability. Issa, who also failed to comply with a digital evidence access order, received an aggregate sentence of two years and three months. Rohaim received two years. Both sentences are to be served by intensive correction orders.