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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Hendley [2021] VCC 1777
Case: [2021] VCC 1777
Decision Date: 5 November 2021

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R v SD [2025] NSWDC 174
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…u JJA). [51] [2021] VSCA 35 ( Williams ). [52] Williams [18] (Priest and Kyrou JJA) citing SD v The Queen (2013) 39 VR 487, 494 [30] (Ashley, Redlich and Priest JJA) (‘ SD ’) and Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 CLR 267, 278 [33]–[34] (McHugh J). 152I also must be careful to not reduce the weight I give to this factor,…
R v Clarkson [2024] NSWDC 283
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…adult and consent, or ostensible consent, of a child to a sexual act with an adult is not a mitigating factor.[16] [16] See Clarkson v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 361. 43On behalf of the Victorian community, I denounce your conduct and I will take into account the contents of each of these statements, as well as Ms Day…
Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175
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…48] See Worboyes v The Queen (2021) 96 MVR 344, 356–7 [34]–[39], [2021] VSCA 169 (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175 [29]–[30], [33]–[36] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA). 148The pleas also indicate your acceptance of responsibility for your offending conduct and a willingness to…
Worboyes v The Queen [2021] VSCA 169
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…ce and be cross-examined. The prosecutor fairly accepted this was so. [48] See Worboyes v The Queen (2021) 96 MVR 344, 356–7 [34]–[39], [2021] VSCA 169 (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA); Chenhall v The Queen [2021] VSCA 175 [29]–[30], [33]–[36] (Priest, Kaye and T Forrest JJA). 148The pleas also indicate your accep…
Torrefranca v The Queen [2021] VSCA 157
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…n aggravating circumstance of your offending conduct.[53] [53] See SD [31]; Torrefranca v The Queen [2021] VSCA 157 [33]–[41] (McLeish and Osborn JJA). 153You are a mature aged offender, with a stable family situation and a good employment history, who is facing a sentence of imprisonment for the first time in you…
Col Thornton v The Queen [2021] VSCA 39
Citation 6

…greeing); DPP v Bales [2015] VSCA 261 [29] (Osborn, Kaye and McLeish JJA); Thornton v The Queen [2021] VSCA 39 [32]–[34] (Kaye JA). 156As the Victorian Court of Appeal observed in Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) :[55] Delay is normally relevant in two ways. First, it is relevant to rehabilitation that has occurred during t…
Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35
Citation 7

…erdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307; Gordon v The Queen [201…
Brown v The Queen [2020] NZHC 1494
Citation 8

…ed, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 4…
Wyka v The Queen [2020] VSCA 104
Citation 9

…8] (Callaway JA), 700 [22] (Batt JA) and recently, Wyka v The Queen [2020] VSCA 104 [104]–[106] (Croucher AJA, Niall JA agreeing).…
Pitt (a Pseudonym v The Queen [2020] VSCA 73
Citation 10

…90. [24] Ibid [22]. See also DPP v DDJ (2009) 22 VR 444, 454 [40] (Maxwell P, Vincent and Neave JJA) and Pitt (a Pseudonym v The Queen [2020] VSCA 73 [52] (Priest and Weinberg JJA) (‘ Pitt ’). 76The impact of your abhorrent and grievous offences, particularly on the three primary victims, requires ‘perceptible r…
Brown v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60
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…[59] Brown v The Queen [2020] VSCA 60 [48].…
Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307
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…56; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307; Gordon v The Queen [2013] VSCA 343 Sentence:Total effective sentence of 13 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of eight years…
Crawford (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113
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…ucher AJA; Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA.…
McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340
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…009 (‘ CPA ’) s 159 (3) and schedule 1, cl 4A. See also Sentencing Act 1991 (‘ SA ’) s 5(2F) and McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340, [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA). Charge 2: Indecent act with or in the presence of a child under 16 21During this same period, you also picked up Ms B…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41
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…particularly those entrusted with their care, is degenerate’.[33] [29] DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428, 447 [57] (Kiefel CJ, Bell and Keane JJ). [30] See eg R v Wayland (unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, Crockett, Southwell and Hampel JJ, 14 September 1992) 3–4 (Crockett J, Southwell and H…
Hughes v The Queen [2017] HCA 20
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…of the offending on the victim. [36] See eg Hughes v The Queen (2017) 263 CLR 338, 362 [59] (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Keane and Edelman JJ),401–2 [168]–[169] (Nettle J). 86The Director submitted Charges 1, 4 and 6 on the second indictment are very serious examples of sexual penetration of a child under 16 and Charges 2, 3 a…
Bradley v The Queen [2017] VSCA 69
Citation 17

…ell P and Kaye JA). [66] Ibid [107]–[110] (Maxwell P and Kaye JJA) (citations omitted. See also Bradley v The Queen [2017] VSCA 69 [123]–[124] (Maxwell P, Weinberg and Tate JJA). 163In relation to the charge of sexual penetration of a child under 16, the prosecutor referred me to a tabular overview of Court of Ap…
Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218
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…; Adamson v The Queen (2015) 47 VR 268; R v G [ 2009] 1 AC 92; Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218; DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym…
Nguyen v The Queen [2016] VSCA 198
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…orrence of sexual crimes against children’.[28] [26] Charge 1 on Indictment K11509692.2. [27] See eg Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 311 FLR 289, 332 [146] (Redlich JA, Tate and Whelan JJA agreeing); Dalgliesh [No. 1] [126]. [28] Dalgliesh [No. 1] [78], [123], [126]; Dalgliesh [No. 2] [75]. 78Sexual penetration of a child…
DPP v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 148
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…ncing Act 1991; Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 Cases Cited: DPP v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym ) [2016] VSCA 148; Adamson v The Queen (2015) 47 VR 268; R v G [ 2009] 1 AC 92; Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218; DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993;…
Browne (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 274
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…s an important sentencing principle. [34] See eg Browne (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 274 [71] (Robson AJA); Toomey [10] (Buchanan JA, Vincent and Nettle JJA agreeing); Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 C.L.R. 267, 283 (McHugh, J). [35] See Dalgliesh [129]; Browne (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 274 [71] (…
DPP v Bales [2015] VSCA 261
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…odjevic [2004] VSCA 222 [21]–[22] (Ormiston JA, Callaway and Vincent JJA agreeing); DPP v Bales [2015] VSCA 261 [29] (Osborn, Kaye and McLeish JJA); Thornton v The Queen [2021] VSCA 39 [32]–[34] (Kaye JA). 156As the Victorian Court of Appeal observed in Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) :[55] Delay is normally relevant in two…
Sutton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251
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…id (a Pseudonym) v The Queen (2014) 42 VR 295, 310 [83]; Sutton (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28] Maxwell P and Redlich JA. [31] Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993, p 4. [32] [2000] VSCA 66. [33] Ibid [17]. See also DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90 [18]–[19] (Vincent JA) (‘ Toomey ’).…
Adamson v The Queen [2015] VSCA 194
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…ex Offenders Registration Act 2004 Cases Cited: DPP v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym ) [2016] VSCA 148; Adamson v The Queen (2015) 47 VR 268; R v G [ 2009] 1 AC 92; Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218; DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v…
Reid (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 145
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…v TDJ [2009] VSCA 317, [14]–[19] (Maxwell P and Neave JA); Reid (a Pseudonym) v The Queen (2014) 42 VR 295, 310 [83]; Sutton (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28] Maxwell P and Redlich JA. [31] Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993, p 4. [32] [2000] VSCA 66. [33] Ibid [17]. See also DPP v…
Brown v R [2014] NZCA 93
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…nal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v…
R v Rebecca Krutsky [2013] ACTSC 278
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…entered ‘at a relatively early stage of the proceedings’. [47] See Atholwood v The Queen (1999) 109 A Crim 465, 468 (Ipp J); Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339, 345–6 [20]–[22] (Gaudron, Gummow and Callinan JJ). 144Apparently, all other charges (the second indictment charges) proceeded in the Magistrates’ Court…
Gordon v The Queen [2013] VSCA 343
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…282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307; Gordon v The Queen [2013] VSCA 343 Sentence:Total effective sentence of 13 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of eight years…
Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) [2013] VSCA 216
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…ueen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307; Gordon v The Queen [2013] VSCA 343 Sentence:Total effective sen…
MA v The Queen [2012] VSCA 214
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…rmiston JA, Winneke P and Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v Rankin [2001] VSCA 158 [10] (Winneke P, Vincent JA and O’Bryan AJA agreeing); MA v The Queen [2012] VSCA 214 [83] (Neave JA, Bongiorno JA and Whelan AJA agreeing). 42Moreover, the law presumes harm in circumstances where a child engages in sexual acts with an ad…
Stalio v The Queen [2012] VSCA 120
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…VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio v The Queen (2012) 46 VR 426; Mush v The Queen [2019] VSCA 307; Gordon v The Queen [2013] VSCA 343 Sentence:Total effective sentence of 13 years’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of eight years…
Clarkson v The Queen [2011] VSCA 157
Citation 32

…n sexual acts with an adult and consent, or ostensible consent, of a child to a sexual act with an adult is not a mitigating factor.[16] [16] See Clarkson v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 361. 43On behalf of the Victorian community, I denounce your conduct and I will take into account the contents of each of these statements, as well…
DPP v TDJ [2009] VSCA 317
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…DPP v DDJ (2009) 22 VR 444, 453–454 [36]–[40] (Maxwell P, Vincent and Neave JJA); DPP v TDJ [2009] VSCA 317, [14]–[19] (Maxwell P and Neave JA); Reid (a Pseudonym) v The Queen (2014) 42 VR 295, 310 [83]; Sutton (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28] Maxwell P and Redlich JA. [31] Unreported, Court of…
DPP v DDJ [2009] VSCA 115
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…orm its role properly.[24] [22] [2016] VSCA 218 [39] (Weinberg and Osborn JJA). [23] [2006] VSCA 90. [24] Ibid [22]. See also DPP v DDJ (2009) 22 VR 444, 454 [40] (Maxwell P, Vincent and Neave JJA) and Pitt (a Pseudonym v The Queen [2020] VSCA 73 [52] (Priest and Weinberg JJA) (‘ Pitt ’). 76The impact of your abhor…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
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…v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282; Stalio…
DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90
Citation 36

…7 VR 268; R v G [ 2009] 1 AC 92; Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218; DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35;…
R v Nikodjevic [2004] VSCA 222
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…being interviewed and charged is of some real significance in your case. [54] See R v Nikodjevic [2004] VSCA 222 [21]–[22] (Ormiston JA, Callaway and Vincent JJA agreeing); DPP v Bales [2015] VSCA 261 [29] (Osborn, Kaye and McLeish JJA); Thornton v The Queen [2021] VSCA 39 [32]–[34] (Kaye JA). 156As the Victorian…
R v KHB [2004] VSCA 219
Citation 38

…s is only too well aware of the long term and serious harm, both physical and psychological, which premature sexual activity can do. [19] R v KHB [2004] VSCA 219 [105] (Gillard AJA) quoted in DPP v Charlie Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 271 A crim R 1, 16 [70] (Ferguson CJ, Weinberg and Whelan JJA) (‘ Dalgliesh [N…
DPP v DAK [2004] VSCA 175
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…d Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v WEF [1998] 2 VR 385, 387 (Winneke P, Charles JA and Hedigan AJA); DPP v VH (2004) 10 VR 234, 237–238 [11], (Callaway JA, Buchanan JA agreeing), 241 [23] (Eames JA); DPP (Vic) v OJA (2007) 172 A Crim R 181, 196–7 [33] (Nettle JA, Ashley and Redlich JJA agreeing); DPP v CPD (2009) 22 VR 5…
R v G [2003] NZCA 104
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…v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym ) [2016] VSCA 148; Adamson v The Queen (2015) 47 VR 268; R v G [ 2009] 1 AC 92; Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218; DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v…
Cameron v the Queen [2002] HCA 6
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…cepted this plea was entered ‘at a relatively early stage of the proceedings’. [47] See Atholwood v The Queen (1999) 109 A Crim 465, 468 (Ipp J); Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339, 345–6 [20]–[22] (Gaudron, Gummow and Callinan JJ). 144Apparently, all other charges (the second indictment charges) proceeded in the Magistr…
DPP v G [2002] VSCA 6
Citation 42

…een [2015] VSCA 274 [71] (Robson AJA); Toomey [10]; Ryan 283 (McHugh, J); DPP v G [2002] VSCA 6 [9]–[10] (Winneke P). 85The Director submitted the charge on the first indictment is a serious example of indecent assault. I accept this characterisation of your offending conduct. The Director relied on the followin…
R v Rankin [2001] VSCA 158
Citation 43

…VR 348, 354 (Southwell, Ormiston and McDonald JJ); R v Lomax [1998] 1 VR 551, 559–560 (Ormiston JA, Winneke P and Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v Rankin [2001] VSCA 158 [10] (Winneke P, Vincent JA and O’Bryan AJA agreeing); MA v The Queen [2012] VSCA 214 [83] (Neave JA, Bongiorno JA and Whelan AJA agreeing). 42Moreover…
Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21
Citation 44

…74 [71] (Robson AJA); Toomey [10] (Buchanan JA, Vincent and Nettle JJA agreeing); Ryan v The Queen (2001) 206 C.L.R. 267, 283 (McHugh, J). [35] See Dalgliesh [129]; Browne (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 274 [71] (Robson AJA); Toomey [10]; Ryan 283 (McHugh, J); DPP v G [2002] VSCA 6 [9]–[10] (Winneke P). 85The Direc…
DPP v MJ [2000] VSCA 66
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…v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90; R v Sposito Unreported, Court of Criminal Appeal, 8 June 1993; R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66; R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269; Brown v The Queen (2020) 62 VR 491; Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35; Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436; R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256; DPP v Zhuang (2…
Atholwood v The Queen [1999] WASCA 256
Citation 46

…rliest forensically reasonable time.[47] The prosecutor accepted this plea was entered ‘at a relatively early stage of the proceedings’. [47] See Atholwood v The Queen (1999) 109 A Crim 465, 468 (Ipp J); Cameron v The Queen (2002) 209 CLR 339, 345–6 [20]–[22] (Gaudron, Gummow and Callinan JJ). 144Apparently, all other charges…
R v DJH [1998] VSCA 108
Citation 47

…accepted it was open for me to do this in your case. [79] See R v VZ (1998) 7 VR 693, 694 [3] (Phillips CJ), 697-8 [12]–[15], 698 [18] (Callaway JA), 700 [22] (Batt JA) and recently, Wyka v The Queen [2020] VSCA 104 [104]–[106] (Croucher AJA, Niall JA agreeing).…
Latrobe Country Credit Co-operative Ltd v Smith [1998] VSCA 74
Citation 48

…eeing); R v Ware [1997] 1 VR 647, 653 (Hedigan AJA, Winneke P and Hayne JA agreeing); R v Wakime [1997] 1 VR 242, 244 (Winneke P, Hayne JA and Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v WEF [1998] 2 VR 385, 387 (Winneke P, Charles JA and Hedigan AJA); DPP v VH (2004) 10 VR 234, 237–238 [11], (Callaway JA, Buchanan JA agree…
Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57
Citation 49

…ence upon any victim and their immediate family.[15] [15] See R v Miller [1995] 2 VR 348, 354 (Southwell, Ormiston and McDonald JJ); R v Lomax [1998] 1 VR 551, 559–560 (Ormiston JA, Winneke P and Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v Rankin [2001] VSCA 158 [10] (Winneke P, Vincent JA and O’Bryan AJA agreeing); MA v Th…
Jones v The Queen [1997] HCA 12
Citation 50

…s, Hampel and McDonald JJ, 8 June 1993) 4–5 (Marks J, Hampel and McDonald JJ agreeing); R v Ware [1997] 1 VR 647, 653 (Hedigan AJA, Winneke P and Hayne JA agreeing); R v Wakime [1997] 1 VR 242, 244 (Winneke P, Hayne JA and Hedigan AJA agreeing); R v WEF [1998] 2 VR 385, 387 (Winneke P, Charles JA and Hediga…

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