A drug dealer who pointed a pistol at another Sydney driver and her husband while yelling incomprehensibly has been jailed for at least five years and eight months.
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The couple, who had their two young children in the car, feared they were going to be shot by Jamy Nguyen on that morning in August 2018 at Canley Heights.
Nguyen, who was disqualified from driving from 2016 to 2023, pleaded guilty in the NSW District Court to intimidation intending to cause fear of physical harm.
The 31-year-old also admitted other offences including possessing an unauthorised pistol, possessing a weapon without a permit, supplying a prohibited drug and driving while disqualified.
Judge Andrew Colefax on Monday jailed Nguyen for nine years and six months with a non-parole period of five years and eight months.
He said Nguyen had sounded his horn as he came up behind the couple's vehicle, before revving his engine, overtaking them and continuing to sound his horn.
Nguyen later suddenly stopped his car at an intersection for no apparent reason.
The other car had to go around him, leading the husband to yell at Nguyen about his manner of driving.
"When this happened, you produced a revolver and pointed it in the direction of (the woman's) head," the judge said.
Nguyen then pointed it in the direction of her husband.
"There is no evidence that the children in the (other) vehicle were aware of these two acts of intimidation - or that you were aware they were in that vehicle," the judge said.
"The Crown cannot prove that, at that time, the firearm was in fact loaded, but that ambiguous situation was not known to the (couple)."
Two days later, Nguyen was stopped by police, who found the revolver down the front of his pants.
"On this occasion, that firearm was loaded - each of the six chambers contained a live round of ammunition."
Police searched Nguyen, his car and home, finding various drugs including resealable bags of heroin and methylamphetamine, five mobile phones and more than $50,000.
Judge Colefax said Nguyen suffered no abuse or neglect as a child, but had a long history of alcohol and illicit drug use as well as a criminal record.
"The significant quantity of drugs, the number of plastic bags, the number of mobile phones, the ledger, the firearm, and the significant amount of cash, all indicate that you were dealing, not only to maintain your own drug addiction, but also for profit," he said.
When it came to the firearm, the judge was satisfied it was part and parcel of Nguyen's "drug supply operations".
Australian Associated Press
