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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [2016] VCC 1486
Case: [2016] VCC 1486
Decision Date: 6 October 2016; Revised 25 October 2016

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Director of Public Prosecutions v England [2016] VCC 1486

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R v Fraser [2025] NSWSC 1202
Citation 1

…out by two lines, one at the technical beginning and the other at the technical end of the crime: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 [18]. Common sense and moral sense extend the circumstances of an offence which may be considered for an assessment of the objective seriousness…
Murphy v The King [2025] ACTCA 10
Citation 2

…018] NSWCCA 298 Almaoiue v R [2021] NSWCCA 274 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37; 249 CLR 571 Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] VSCA 95; 2 VR 258 Director of Public Prosecutions v Padreny [2024] ACTCA 4 DPP v Murphy (No 2) [2023] ACTSC 227 GG v R [2018] NSWCCA 280 Haoui v Regina [2008] NSWCCA 2…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Tiumalu [2024] VSCA 192
Citation 3 (Para 2)

…. See also Mocenigo v The Queen [2013] VSCA 231, [86] (Priest JA, Buchanan and Neave JJA agreeing). [33] England [1999] 2 VR 258, 266 [27].…
R v Watson (No 3) [2022] NSWSC 1693
Citation 4 (Para 71)

…y to be regarded as circumstances of aggravation or mitigation: R v Wilkinson (No 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 at [61] (Johnson J); DPP (Vic) v England [1999] 2 VR 258; [1999] VSCA 95 at [18] (Brooking JA, with whom Batt and Chernov JJA agreed). Poor treatment of a deceased person’s body can be taken into account in…
Sadler v Tasmania [2022] TASCCA 9
Citation 5

…n regarded as an aggravating circumstance that may be taken into account when sentencing for murder. Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 at 266 [37]; R v Von Einem (1985) 38 SASR 207 at 218; Bell v R [2003] WASCA 216 at [25] and [61]-[62]; Colledge v Western Australia [2007] WAS…
Hassan v The Queen [2022] SASCA 56
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…agreeing); R v Newman (1997) 1 VR 146 at 150-151 (Winneke P, Hayne JA and Crockett AJA agreeing); Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at [17]-[18] (Brooking JA, Batt and Chernov JJA agreeing); R v Birnie (2002) 5 VR 426 at [15] (Ormiston JA, Charles JA and O’Bryan AJA agreeing); R v T…
Geagea v R [2020] NSWCCA 350
Citation 7

…ut by two lines, one at the technical beginning and the other at the technical end of the crime: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 [18]. Common sense and moral sense extend the circumstances of an offence which may be considered for an assessment of the objective seriousness o…
Kelson v The Queen [2020] VSCA 112
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…specific and general deterrence, were of great importance in this case. [19]Ibid [65]. [20]Ibid [64]. See also, DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258; [1999] VSCA 95, 266 [27], 268 [37] (Brooking JA, Batt JA agreeing at 268 [41], Chernov JA agreeing at 269 [42]); DPP v Ristevski [2019] VSCA 287, [7]–[8] (Ferguson…
DPP v White [2020] VSCA 37
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…ular, it lacked the features of cruelty and hypocrisy so powerfully present in that case. [13][2019] VSCA 287. [14]See also, DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258; [1999] VSCA 95, where the respondent had sexual intercourse with, and then set fire to, the deceased’s body after having strangled her with a belt. Broo…
DPP v Ristevski [2019] VSCA 287
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…e been had the respondent not engaged in that conduct.[5] We regard this conduct as significantly aggravating his offence. [5] DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 263.…
Dobson v Tasmania [2017] TASCCA 19
Citation 11 (Para 6)

…n regarded as an aggravating circumstance that may be taken into account when sentencing for murder. Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 at 266 [37]; R v Von Einem (1985) 38 SASR 207 at 218; Bell v R [2003] WASCA 216 at [25] and [61]-[62]; Colledge v Western Australia [2007] WAS…
Semaan v The Queen [2017] VSCA 261
Citation 12

…avating circumstances — R v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; R v Newman and Turnbull [1997] 1 VR 146; DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258 discussed.…
Shield v Tasmania [2017] TASCCA 6
Citation 13 (Para 4)

…nes, one at the technical beginning and the other at the technical end of the crime: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] VSCA 95; [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 [18]. Common sense and moral sense extend the circumstances of an offence which may be considered for an assessment of the objective seriousne…
DPP v Weston [2016] VSCA 243
Citation 14

…[11][1999] 2 VR 258.…
Panetta v R [2016] NSWCCA 85
Citation 15 (Para 64)

…02] NSWSC 315 at [36] per James J; R v Garforth (unreported, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Gleeson CJ, McInerney and Mathews JJ, 23 May 1994); Director of Public Prosecutions v England (1999) 106 A Crim R 99. In my view, those actions of the appellant significantly aggravate his offending: R v Goundar [2010] NSWSC 1170 at [69] per Kirby J.…
R v Brougham (No 2) [2015] SASCFC 127
Citation 16 (Para 20)

…nt supplied after judgment was reserved references to R v Wilkinson (No 5) [2009] NSWSC 432, R v Cavkic (No 2) (2009) 28 VR 341, DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, and Neill-Fraser v Tasmania [2012] TASCCA 2. A brief survey of the authorities…
Xypolitos v The Queen [2014] VSCA 339
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…Moreover, the applicant is not entitled to any discount for a plea of guilty and has exhibited no remorse. [50]See, eg, DPP (Vic) v England [1999] 2 VR 258.…
Wu v The Queen [2014] VSCA 79
Citation 18 (Para 1)

…d Chernov JJA agreed) provided a detailed analysis of the decided cases and why such conduct may be viewed as an aggravating circumstance. [13][1999] 2 VR 258; see also R v Stone [1988] VR 141, R v Beckett [1998] VSCA 148 and R v Whyte (2004) 7 VR 397.…
Hunter v The Queen [2013] VSCA 385
Citation 19 (Para 1)

…being – as the parties accept – the maltreatment of Ms Cafferkey’s deceased body.[90] [90]Reasons for Sentence, [88]. See DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 264–8 [19]–[36].…
Dulihanty v R [2013] NSWCCA 275
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…parent means of assistance, may properly be regarded as circumstances of aggravation of the offence: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263-264 [18]; R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 at [61].…
Potts v R [2012] NSWCCA 229
Citation 21 (Para 1)

…course with the deceased after killing her did not assist the Appellant on sentence: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] VSCA 95; [1999] 2 VR 258; R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 at [61].…
R v Horton [2010] NSWSC 1007
Citation 22

…out by two lines, one at the technical beginning and the other at the technical end of the crime: Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 [18]. Common sense and moral sense extend the circumstances of an offence which may be considered for an assessment of the objective seriousness…
Edwards v R [2009] NSWCCA 199
Citation 23

…v Gent (2005) 162 A Crim R 29 Markarian v The Queen [2005] 228 CLR 357 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 R v Finney [2002] NSWCCA 533 Huntingdon v R [2007] NSWCCA 196 Rickard v R […
R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432
Citation 24

…199 CLR 270 R v White [2005] NSWSC 667 Nguyen v R [2007] NSWCCA 363 R v Merritt (2004) 59 NSWLR 557 Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 Bell v R [2003] WASCA 216 Colledge v State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 211 R v Cavkic (No. 2) [2009] VSCA 43 Charara v Director of Public Prose…
R v Cavkic (No 2) [2009] VSCA 43
Citation 25 (Para 1)

…failures to disclose the whereabouts of the deceased’s body as aggravating factors. [53] Director of Public Prosecutions v England (1999) 2 VR 258, 266 [27]; Bell v R [2003] WASCA 216. [54] R v Von Einem (1985) 16 A Crim R 319 (King CJ). [55] Siganto v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 656, 667 [34].…
Colledge v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 211
Citation 26 (Para 7)

…rray ACJ, with whom Hasluck J agreed, endorsed (at [24]) the following observation of Brooking JA in Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258: If conduct, notwithstanding that technically it follows the crime, is so connected with it as properly to be viewed as one of its circumstances, tha…
DPP v Mirik [2007] VSCA 150
Citation 27 (Para 1)

…ontent with what he had done to RK, he compounded his wrongdoing by callously seeking to conceal RK’s body.[10] [10] DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258.…
R v Selcuk [2007] VSCA 143
Citation 28 (Para 1)

…if that were not so, such conduct - and the appellant’s lies to the police - were relevant as contraindicating remorse at the time.[2] [1][1992] 2 VR 258, 263-264. [2]In my view, the telling of the lies was too remote from the commission of the offence to constitute an aggravating circumstance.…
The Queen v Syrch and Burns [2006] NTCCA 20
Citation 29 (Para 17)

…In Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258, Brooking JA, with whom Batt and Chernov JJ.A. agreed, reviewed a number of authorities in the context a crime of murder which was followed by an act of sexual intercourse with the corpse, theft of property and setting fire to the premises of the…
Brown v The Queen [2006] WASCA 145
Citation 30

…5) 20 A Crim R 271 Cheung v The Queen (2001) 209 CLR 1 Diefenbach v The Queen (1999) 108 A Crim R 19 Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 Kingswell v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 264 Langridge v The Queen (1996) 17 WAR 346 Medcraft (1992) 60 A Crim R 181 Penny v The Queen (2002) 26 WAR 475…
R v Bortoli [2006] VSCA 62
Citation 31 (Para 1)

…it murder or inflict serious injury would plainly be a more serious type of case. [5] R v Heblos (2000) 117 A Crim R 49; DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258.…
Valarezo v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2003] NSWADT 244
Citation 32

…oad Transport (General) Act 1999 CASES CITED: Arps - v - Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service [2000] NSWADT 35 DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258 REPRESENTATION: APPLICANT In person RESPONDENT M Buchanan, solicitor ORDERS: 1 The decision of the Commissioner is affirmed…
Bell v R [2003] WASCA 216
Citation 33 (Para 23)

…licant would avoid detection, lying to the police about his complicity in her death and maintaining his silence thereafter, in DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258 by the Court of Appeal of Victoria. Brooking JA, in a judgment with which Batt and Chernov JJA agreed, after discussing relevant authorities, at 267‑8…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Murphy (No 2) [2023] ACTSC 227
Citation 34

…d out by two lines, one at the technical beginning and the other at the technical end of the crime : Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 [18]. Common sense and moral sense extend the circumstances of an offence which may be considered for an assessment of the objective seriousne…
R v Lynn [2024] VSC 635
Citation 35 (Para 1)

…known that these actions, once revealed, would cause Mrs Clay’s loved ones no end of grief and distress. [21]See, e.g., DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263[16]–268[37] ( per Brooking JA; Batt JA and Chernov JA agreeing (at 268[41]–269[42])). More recently, see also, e.g., DPP v Timalu [2024] VSCA 192 at […
Director of Public Prosecutions v Charlton (No 2) [2023] VSC 707
Citation 36 (Para 4)

…culpability is high. [40] Director of Public Prosecutions v Ristevski [2019] VSCA 287, [6]–[7], citing Director of Public Prosecutions v England (1999) 2 VR 258, 263 [17] (Brooking JA, with whom Batt JA relevantly agreed and Chernov JA agreed).…
DPP v Bednar [2023] VSC 67
Citation 37 (Para 1)

…nt aggravating features which make your crime more serious than it would have been had you not engaged in that conduct.[13] [13] DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 263; DPP v Ristevski [2019] VSCA 287 [7], [73].…
DPP v Cross (No 2) [2023] VSC 40
Citation 38 (Para 1)

…d that can be taken into account when assessing the gravity of the offence.[8] [8] Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] VSCA 95; [1999] 2 VR 258; Semann v The Queen [2017] VSCA 261, [88]-[91].…
DPP v Ristevski [2019] VSC 253
Citation 39 (Para 1)

…: R v BA & Stanley [2019] VSC 90; R v Boyle [2009] VSCA 289; (2009) 26 VR 219; R v Boroviak [2018] VSC 793; R v Chang [2003] VSC 499; DPP v England (1999) 2 VR 258; R v Mochenigo [2013] VSCA 231; R v Sun [2004] VSC 276; R v Veerman [2015] VSC 193.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Neil and Marmo [2017] VSC 761
Citation 40 (Para 1)

…rongly referable to you, Brendan Neil, although it also relevant to you, Wayne Marmo, because it occurred with your encouragement. [42] DPP v England (1999) 2 VR 258; R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313 (19 June 2013) [15].…
R v Lavery [2017] VSC 587
Citation 41 (Para 1)

…hed that the fact that you burnt his body after you stabbed him to death constitutes a significant aggravating factor.[1] [1]See DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258 (Brooking JA) discussed below.…
R v Bayley [2013] VSC 313
Citation 42 (Para 1)

…ole[3] and on bail.[4] [2] R v Von Einem (1985) 38 SASR 207, 218; R v Lowe [1997] 2 VR 465, 490; Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 266 (Brooking JA), citing Director of Public Prosecutions v McKee [1999] VSC 207 (Cummins J). [3] R v Airey [2006] VSCA 31, [13]; R v Lecornu [2012] VSC…
R v Budimir [2013] VSC 149
Citation 43 (Para 1)

…ct statements show, caused the deceased’s family further inestimable pain and suffering. [3] Director of Public Prosecutions v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 266 (Brooking JA), citing Director of Public Prosecutions v McKee [1999] VSC 207 (Cummins J).…
R v Potter [2012] VSC 511
Citation 44 (Para 1)

…injuries after her death and the unceremonious disposal of her body in bushland are aggravating features of your crime.[8] [8] DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 265-267 [22]-[27], [30]-[31] (Brooking JA; Batt and Chernov JJA agreeing) ; DPP v Gibson [2012] VSC 363, 12 [59]-[60].…
R v Weaven [2011] VSC 508
Citation 45 (Para 1)

…There is authority for the proposition that conduct of that kind can constitute a circumstance of aggravation.[1] [1] DPP (Vic) v England [1999] 2 VR 258; R v Kellisar [2001] VSCA 224.…
R v Coombes [2011] VSC 407
Citation 46 (Para 1)

…s body and cast the pieces into the sea.[10] As you related that conduct to police on 2 November 2009, it was as follows: [10] DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258, 260; R v Cavkic (No 2) [2009] VSCA 43, [134].…
R v Watson [2009] VSC 261
Citation 47 (Para 1)

…on would have been worse, but the burning of your wife’s body after you had killed her is an aggravating feature of the crime. [2] DPP v. England (1999) 2 VR 258.…
R v Chalmers [2009] VSC 251
Citation 48 (Para 1)

…our post‑offence conduct and in particular the extended and deliberate concealment of the body with the intention to destroy it. (See DPP v England (1999) 2 VR 258).…
R v Boyle [2008] VSC 71
Citation 49 (Para 1)

…as a significant aggravating factor. I am satisfied that the law requires me to take these actions into account. [1] [1]See DPP v England [1999] 2 VR 258.…
DPP v Stevenson [2008] VSC 30
Citation 50 (Para 1)

…ssion with Ms Hueber you allegedly said “I had to burn the evidence” when asked by her about how badly the deceased had been burnt. [1][1999] 2 VR 258. [2]See [1999] 2 VR 258 at 263 and 266.…

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