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AGLC: Director of Public Prosecutions v Hough [2025] VCC 1046
Case: [2025] VCC 1046
Decision Date: 25 July 2025

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R v Clarkson [2024] NSWDC 283
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…mature sexual activity and that long lasting physical and psychological harm is to be presumed.[21] Cory Pace [21] Clarkson v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 361, 371 [33] (Maxwell ACJ, Nettle, Neave, Redlich and Harper JJA) (‘ Clarkson ’). 53In his VIS, Pace describes the profound impact your offending has had on his menta…
Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133
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…5 - Phillips v The Queen (2012) 37 VR 594 - Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133 - DPP v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence:…
Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244
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…sh JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA); Russo v The Queen [2021] VSCA 244 [53]–[56] (Emerton JA, Priest JA agreeing). 132While current sentencing practice is relevant to the sentences I impose on you, it is only one of a number of sentencing considerati…
McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53
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…(unreported) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32 VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 538 - R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 - Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 - R v Cooper (1998) 103 A Crim R 51 - CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95 - Phillips v The…
Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35
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…71 [304]. [80] (2015) 250 A Crim R 282, 292 [30]–[31] (Redlich, Priest and Beach JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[[25] (Priest and Kyrou JJA) (‘ Williams ’). [81] (2016) 53 VR 546, 606–609 [173]–[183] (Redlich, Santamaria and McLeish JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v T…
Pitt (a Pseudonym v The Queen [2020] VSCA 73
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…VSCA 90. [28] 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). 67The victim impact statements are deeply distressing and harrowing. On behalf of the Victorian community, I denounce your cr…
Fichtner v The Queen [2019] VSCA 297
Citation 7

…persons.’[39] [37] See eg Wakime 244; OJA 196–197 [33]. [38] Fichtner v The Queen [2019] VSCA 297 [67] (Maxwell P and Kaye JA). [39] Ibid. 72Moreover, sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16 years is a standard sentence offence[40] and the standard sentence fixed by the legislature is imprisonment for 6…
Brown v the Queen [2019] VSCA 286
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…)(ab). [43] SA s 5A(1)(b). [44] SA s 5B(2)(a). [45] Brown v The Queen (2019) 59 VR 462, 464 [4], (Maxwell P, Priest, Kaye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [46] SA s 5B(3)(b). [47] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Cre…
Brown v The Queen [2019] NSWCCA 269
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…[47] [42] SA s 5(2)(ab). [43] SA s 5A(1)(b). [44] SA s 5B(2)(a). [45] Brown v The Queen (2019) 59 VR 462, 464 [4], (Maxwell P, Priest, Kaye, T Forrest and Emerton JJA) (‘ Brown ’). [46] SA s 5B(3)(b). [47] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, H…
R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152
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…VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 538 - R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 - Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 - R v Cooper (1998) 103 A Crim R 51 - CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95 - Phillips v The Queen (2012) 37 VR 594 - Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - Heels v…
Crawford (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113
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…The Queen [2017] VSCA 340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA); Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [102]–[109] (Garling J). 15When you both left the bed, you asked Porter if he wanted to shower with you, an offer he declined. Porter go…
McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340
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…] VSCA 68 [13] (Charles JA, Phillips JA and Bongiorno AJA agreeing); McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA); Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [102]–[109] (Garling J). 15When you both lef…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2017] HCA 41
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…tencing Act 1991 – Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 Cases Cited: DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – 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) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 -…
Talbot (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218
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…428 – 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) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32 VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 53…
Nguyen v The Queen [2016] VSCA 198
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…unity, views this offence[29] and ‘reflects the community’s abhorrence of sexual crimes against children’.[30] [29] See eg Nguyen v The Queen (2016) 311 FLR 289, 332 [146] (Redlich JA, Tate and Whelan JJA agreeing); Dalgliesh No.1 [126]. [30] Dalgliesh No.1 [78], [123], [126]; DPP v Charlie Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) (2…
DPP v Dalgliesh (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 148
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…[22] [2016] VSCA 148 [47] (Maxwell ACJ, Redlich and Beach JJA) (‘ Dalgliesh [No. 1] ’).…
DPP (Cth) v Garside [2016] VSCA 74
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…n nature.[52] [52]See eg DPP(Cth) v Garside (2016) 50 VR 800, 808 [19] (Redlich and Beach JJA). 81Charges 4, 8, 11 and 12 relate to separate images. Charges 7 and 10 relate to the same material, being the video of Pace, and Charges 1 and 9 relate to the same material, being the image of Porter. 82Although marking s…
Sutton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251
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…R 295, 310 [83] (Priest JA, Maxwell P and Whelan JA agreeing); Sutton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28] (Maxwell P and Redlich JA). [33] Sposito 4. [34] [2000] VSCA 66. [35] Ibid [17]. See also DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90 [18]–[19] (Vincent JA). 70In Clarkson v The Queen ,[36] the Victorian Cour…
Adamson v The Queen [2015] VSCA 194
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…Offenders Registration Act 2004 Cases Cited: DPP (Vic) v Dalgliesh (a Pseudonym) (2017) 262 CLR 428 – 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) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32…
R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183
Citation 20

…oes not pay to access or was not involved in the distribution or sale of child pornography does not mitigate the offending.[53] [53] See R v De Leeuw [2015] NSWCCA 183 [72] (Johnson J, Ward JA and Garling J agreeing) (citations omitted).…
Reid (a Pseudonym) v The Queen [2014] VSCA 145
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…; 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] (Priest JA, Maxwell P and Whelan JA agreeing); Sutton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28] (Maxwell P and Redlich JA). [33] Sposito 4. [34] [2000] VSCA 66. [35] Ibid [17]. See a…
The Queen v Putra Hendra [2014] ACTSC 102
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…47] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). 74Recently, the Victorian Court of Appeal in McPherson v The Queen ,[48] in the context of a charge of sexual penetration of a child aged under 12, observed: B…
R v Rebecca Krutsky [2013] ACTSC 278
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…gness to facilitate the course of justice. Insight and remorse [59] 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). 116Your counsel submitted your plea of guilty should be seen as reflecting genuine contrition and…
Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37
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…or criminal history [57] See R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269, 276 [32] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Vincent JJA). [58] (2013) 249 CLR 571. 109You have no prior criminal history, subsequent convictions or matters pending. Thus, you fall to be sentenced as a person of otherwise good character, although, this is not an uncommo…
Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) [2013] VSCA 216
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…R 51 - CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95 - Phillips v The Queen (2012) 37 VR 594 - Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133 - DPP v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 - DPP (Cth) v…
CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95
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…NSWCCA 152 - Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 - R v Cooper (1998) 103 A Crim R 51 - CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95 - Phillips v The Queen (2012) 37 VR 594 - Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133 - DPP v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Z…
Barbaro v The Queen [2012] VSCA 288
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…rse comes from the offender’s testimony.[64] [62] Cooper 55; R v Gillick [2000] VSCA 127 [20] (Callaway JA, Chernov JA agreeing) . [63] Barbaro v The Queen (2012) 226 A Crim R 354, 365 [38] (Maxwell P, Harper JA and T Forrest AJA) (‘ Barbaro ’). [64] Barbaro 365–66 [38], [40]; Bonacci v The Queen (2012) 224 A Crim R 194, 202…
Bonacci v The Queen [2012] VSCA 170
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…e Queen (2012) 226 A Crim R 354, 365 [38] (Maxwell P, Harper JA and T Forrest AJA) (‘ Barbaro ’). [64] Barbaro 365–66 [38], [40]; Bonacci v The Queen (2012) 224 A Crim R 194, 202 [44] (Neave, Mandie and Harper JJA). 119In CD v The Queen ,[65] Harper JA, with whom Buchanan JA agreed, quoted his earlier observations in Phillip…
Phillips v The Queen [2012] VSCA 140
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…Crim R 243 - R v Cooper (1998) 103 A Crim R 51 - CD v The Queen [2013] VSCA 95 - Phillips v The Queen (2012) 37 VR 594 - Rodriguez v DPP (Cth) (2013) 40 VR 436 - Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133 - DPP v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v T…
Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39
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…[46] SA s 5B(3)(b). [47] Brown 464 [4], 479 [55]–[57] (applying Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120, 132 [27] ((French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). 74Recently, the Victorian Court of Appeal in McPherson v The Queen ,[48] in the context of a charge of sexual penetration of a child aged under 12,…
R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866
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…cher AJA); Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 [43]–[44] (Maxwell P and Kyrou JA); R v Richard [2011] NSWSC 866 [102]–[109] (Garling J). 15When you both left the bed, you asked Porter if he wanted to shower with you, an offer he declined. Porter got dressed and left your house to catch a bus home. At around 1:02pm…
Clarkson v The Queen [2011] VSCA 157
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…ho are exposed to premature sexual activity and that long lasting physical and psychological harm is to be presumed.[21] Cory Pace [21] Clarkson v The Queen (2011) 32 VR 361, 371 [33] (Maxwell ACJ, Nettle, Neave, Redlich and Harper JJA) (‘ Clarkson ’). 53In his VIS, Pace describes the profound impact your offending has had on…
Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45
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…A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: On State offences: total effective sentence of imprisonment for 6 years and 5 months with a non-parole period of 4 years. On Federal offences: total…
DPP (Cth) v De La Rosa [2010] NSWCCA 194
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…CLR 520, 537 [54] (French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ), quoting Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1, 71 [304]. [80] (2015) 250 A Crim R 282, 292 [30]–[31] (Redlich, Priest and Beach JJA). See also Williams (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2021] VSCA 35 [21]–[[25] (Priest…
DPP v Smith [2010] VSCA 215
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…14 (for Commonwealth offences) bearing upon the objective seriousness of the offence.[56] [56] [2018] NSWCCA 152 [45]. See also DPP v Smith [2010] VSCA 215 [23] (Nettle JA, Harper and Hansen JJA agreeing) (‘ Smith ’), approved and extended to offences of accessing and transmitting child abuse material in Zarb 842…
DPP v TDJ [2009] VSCA 317
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…P, Redlich JA and Robson AJA); DDJ 453–54 [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] (Priest JA, Maxwell P and Whelan JA agreeing); Sutton (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2015] VSCA 251, [25]–[28]…
DPP v DDJ [2009] VSCA 115
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…o perform its role properly.[28] [26] [2016] VSCA 218 [39] (Weinberg and Osborn JJA). [27] [2006] VSCA 90. [28] 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). 67The victim impact statements…
R v Verdins [2007] VSCA 102
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…Court in Bugmy v The Queen [58] do not apply to you. I also agree. Prior criminal history [57] See R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269, 276 [32] (Maxwell P, Buchanan and Vincent JJA). [58] (2013) 249 CLR 571. 109You have no prior criminal history, subsequent convictions or matters pending. Thus, you fall to be sentenced…
Clarkson v R [2007] NSWCCA 70
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…oomey [2006] VSCA 90 - R v Sposito (unreported) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32 VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 538 - R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 - Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 - R v Cooper (1998) 103 A Crim R 51 - CD v The…
DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90
Citation 40

…5) 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) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32 VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 538 - R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWC…
DPP v DAK [2004] VSCA 175
Citation 41

…edigan AJA agreeing) (‘ Wakime ’); 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) (‘ OJA ’); DPP…
R v Jones [2004] VSCA 68
Citation 42

…ed you to stop, but you did not. Eventually, you stopped and removed the vibrator. [14] See R v Jones [2004] VSCA 68 [13] (Charles JA, Phillips JA and Bongiorno AJA agreeing); McCray (a pseudonym) v The Queen [2017] VSCA 340 [17]–[18], [29]–[30] (Maxwell P and Croucher AJA); Crawford v The Queen [2018] VSCA 113 […
Cameron v the Queen [2002] HCA 6
Citation 43

…conduct and a willingness to facilitate the course of justice. Insight and remorse [59] 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). 116Your counsel submitted your plea of guilty should be seen as reflecting genuine co…
R v Gillick [2000] VSCA 127
Citation 44

…atone’.[63] In many cases the most compelling evidence of remorse comes from the offender’s testimony.[64] [62] Cooper 55; R v Gillick [2000] VSCA 127 [20] (Callaway JA, Chernov JA agreeing) . [63] Barbaro v The Queen (2012) 226 A Crim R 354, 365 [38] (Maxwell P, Harper JA and T Forrest AJA) (‘ Barbaro ’). [64] B…
DPP v MJ [2000] VSCA 66
Citation 45

…udonym) v The Queen [2016] VSCA 218 - DPP v Toomey [2006] VSCA 90 - R v Sposito (unreported) - R v MJ [2000] VSCA 66 - Clarkson v The Queen [2011] 32 VR 361 - McPherson v The Queen [2021] VSCA 53 - DPP v Bright (2006) 163 A Crim R 538 - R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 - Minehan v R (2010) 201 A Crim R 243 - R v…
Atholwood v The Queen [1999] WASCA 256
Citation 46

…cate your acceptance of responsibility for your offending conduct and a willingness to facilitate the course of justice. Insight and remorse [59] 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). 116Your counsel submitted you…
Latrobe Country Credit Co-operative Ltd v Smith [1998] VSCA 74
Citation 47

…cDonald 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) (‘ Wakime ’); 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], (Cal…
Jones v The Queen [1997] HCA 12
Citation 48

…s, Hampel and McDonald JJ, 8 June 1993) (‘ Sposito ’) 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) (‘ Wakime ’); R v WEF [1998] 2 VR 385, 387 (Winne…
The Queen v Kilic [2016] HCATrans 240
Citation 49

…13) 40 VR 436 - Heels v The King [2024] VSCA 133 - DPP v Swingler (2017) 269 A Crim R 526 - R v Kilic (2016) 259 CLR 256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: On State offences: total effective sentence of imprisonment for 6 years…
DPP (Cth) v Thomas [2005] VSC 85
Citation 50

…256 - DPP v Zhuang (2015) 250 A Crim R 282 - Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 - DPP (Cth) v Thomas (2016) 53 VR 546 Sentence: On State offences: total effective sentence of imprisonment for 6 years and 5 months with a non-parole period of 4 years. On Federal offences: total effective sentence of imprisonment for…

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