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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Archer

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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Archer [2025] VCC 463
Case: [2025] VCC 463
Decision Date: 11 April 2025

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Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Archer [2025] VCC 463

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Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133
Citation 1

…2 ALR 192; Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA; DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Oliver [2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R v Caldwell [2021] QC 112; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 3 years imprisonment; order…
R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15
Citation 2

…SWCCA; DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Oliver [2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R v Caldwell [2021] QC 112; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 3 years imprisonment; order to serve 20 months impriso…
Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90
Citation 3

…e material is not victimless and written child abuse material may fuel a demand for material involving real child victims.[13] [10] Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90; Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290; The Queen v Hancock [2011] NTCCA 14 at [42]. [11] Ibid, [40] [12] [2019] QCA 15, [60-61] [13] See also McEwen v Simmons…
Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57
Citation 4 (Para 48)

…t 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; De Lorenzo v DPP (Cth) [2017] VSCA 270 at [36]; R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 at [48]. [2] Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57. [3] s 16BA(4) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ); Abbas v R [2013] NSWCCA 115.…
Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290
Citation 5

…en child abuse material may fuel a demand for material involving real child victims.[13] [10] Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90; Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290; The Queen v Hancock [2011] NTCCA 14 at [42]. [11] Ibid, [40] [12] [2019] QCA 15, [60-61] [13] See also McEwen v Simmons (2008) 73 NSWLR 10; [2008] NSWSC 129…
De Lorenzo v DPP (Cth) [2017] VSCA 270
Citation 6 (Para 36)

…torney General's Application Under s37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; De Lorenzo v DPP (Cth) [2017] VSCA 270 at [36]; R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 at [48]. [2] Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57. [3] s 16BA(4) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ); Abbas v R [2013] NSWCCA 115.…
R v Howe [2017] QCA 7
Citation 7

…creation of the material (viii)The length of time for which the pornographic material was possessed [5] DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Howe [2017] QCA 7; DPP (Cth) v Zarb [2014] VSCA 347; R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 at [116]; DPP (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 at [47]. [6] R v Oliver [2003] 1 Cr App…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Vinod Thomas Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Leung Hang Wu [2016] VSCA 237
Citation 8 (Para 193)

…less weight than might otherwise be given.[18] [18] Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 35 [at 35]; DPP (Cth) v Thomas [2016] VSCA 237 at [193]; Gajjar v R (2008) 192 A Crim R 76 at [27-28.] 16A(2)(m) Character, antecedents, age, means and physical or mental condition 40You were born in December 1959…
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73
Citation 9 (Para 116)

…(Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Howe [2017] QCA 7; DPP (Cth) v Zarb [2014] VSCA 347; R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 at [116]; DPP (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 at [47]. [6] R v Oliver [2003] 1 Cr App R 28 as applied by Minehan v The Queen (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 [at 258] [7] R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543 at [30…
DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74
Citation 10

…Code (Cth) ; Crimes Act 1914 (Cth); Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: Bugmy v R (2013) 302 ALR 192; Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA; DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Oliver [2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R v Caldwell [2021] QC 112…
R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183
Citation 11 (Para 116)

…the pornographic material was possessed [5] DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Howe [2017] QCA 7; DPP (Cth) v Zarb [2014] VSCA 347; R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 at [116]; DPP (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 at [47]. [6] R v Oliver [2003] 1 Cr App R 28 as applied by Minehan v The Queen (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 [a…
DPP (Cth) v Zarb [2014] VSCA 347
Citation 12

…)The length of time for which the pornographic material was possessed [5] DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Howe [2017] QCA 7; DPP (Cth) v Zarb [2014] VSCA 347; R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 at [116]; DPP (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 at [47]. [6] R v Oliver [2003] 1 Cr App R 28 as applied by Minehan v The…
R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122
Citation 13 (Para 36)

…7 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; De Lorenzo v DPP (Cth) [2017] VSCA 270 at [36]; R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 at [48]. [2] Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57. [3] s 16BA(4) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ); Abbas v R [2013] NSWCCA 115.…
Markovski v Director of Public Prosecutions [2014] VSCA 35
Citation 14 (Para 40)

…children are sexually abused to supply the market.[15] [15] R v Jongsma (2004) 150 A Crim R 386 at 395, [14]; Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 35 at [40]; DPP v D’Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477 at 484, [23]. 16A(2)(g) Plea of guilty 34You pleaded guilty to the charge at the first available opportunity…
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
Citation 15

…Legislation Cited: Criminal Code (Cth) ; Crimes Act 1914 (Cth); Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) Cases Cited: Bugmy v R (2013) 302 ALR 192; Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA; DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Oliver [2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R…
Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115
Citation 16

…17] VSCA 270 at [36]; R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 at [48]. [2] Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57. [3] s 16BA(4) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) ); Abbas v R [2013] NSWCCA 115.…
Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross [2012] HCA 56
Citation 17 (Para 40)

…rket.[15] [15] R v Jongsma (2004) 150 A Crim R 386 at 395, [14]; Heathcote (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 35 at [40]; DPP v D’Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477 at 484, [23]. 16A(2)(g) Plea of guilty 34You pleaded guilty to the charge at the first available opportunity, being at the first committal mention of the m…
R v Coffey [2012] NSWDC 282
Citation 18

…) Cases Cited: Bugmy v R (2013) 302 ALR 192; Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA; DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74; R v Oliver [2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R v Caldwell [2021] QC 112; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Sentence: Total effective sente…
The Queen v Hancock [2011] NTCCA 14
Citation 19 (Para 42)

…mand for material involving real child victims.[13] [10] Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90; Meadows v The Queen [2017] VSCA 290; The Queen v Hancock [2011] NTCCA 14 at [42]. [11] Ibid, [40] [12] [2019] QCA 15, [60-61] [13] See also McEwen v Simmons (2008) 73 NSWLR 10; [2008] NSWSC 1292; Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90 29I acc…
Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140
Citation 20

…2014] VSCA 347; R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 at [116]; DPP (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 at [47]. [6] R v Oliver [2003] 1 Cr App R 28 as applied by Minehan v The Queen (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 [at 258] [7] R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543 at [30].…
ASIC v Jorgensen & Ors [2009] QCA 55
Citation 21 (Para 22)

…e material offends against community values, the more reprehensible the offending conduct.[14] [14] [2021] QC 112, at [22] (citing R v Vantoosten [2009] QCA 55, [9]). 31In your case some of the material was exceptionally depraved. Many different child victims were depicted in the material and each of those child…
McEwen v Simmons [2008] NSWSC 1292
Citation 22

…; The Queen v Hancock [2011] NTCCA 14 at [42]. [11] Ibid, [40] [12] [2019] QCA 15, [60-61] [13] See also McEwen v Simmons (2008) 73 NSWLR 10; [2008] NSWSC 1292; Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90 29I accept your offending did not involve aggravating features such as the exchange or transmission of child abuse images or vide…
Walker v R [2008] NTCCA 7
Citation 23 (Para 34)

…community are very important considerations in sentencing for offending involving child abuse material.[16] [16] Walker v The Queen [2008] NTCCA 7 at [34]; R v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29 at [65]. 38I have had regard to the need to deter you from further offending of this type but I note that you have no prior co…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
Citation 24

…2003] 1lCr App R 28; R v Coffey (2003) 6 VR 543; Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133; R v Edwards [2019] QCA 15; R v Caldwell [2021] QC 112; R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102 Sentence: Total effective sentence of 3 years imprisonment; order to serve 20 months imprisonment before being released by recognisance pursuant to s…
Re Attorney-General's Application (No 1 of 2002) (NSW) [2002] NSWCCA 518
Citation 25

…count another offence or offences.[3] [1] Attorney General's Application Under s37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002 (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; De Lorenzo v DPP (Cth) [2017] VSCA 270 at [36]; R v Lamella [2014] NSWCCA 122 at [48]. [2] Huang v R [2018] NSWCCA 57. [3] s 16BA(4) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) )…

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