R v DS (No 2)

[2017] NSWDC 358

District Court

New South Wales

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Medium Neutral Citation:	R v DS (No 2) [2017] NSWDC 358
Hearing dates:	9 October 2017
Date of orders:	08 December 2017
Decision date:	08 December 2017
Jurisdiction:	Criminal
Before:	Hatzistergos DCJ
Decision:	The offender is sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment pursuant to s 53A of the 1999 Act of 22 years comprising: 1 A minimum term of 15 years and 4 months, commencing on 19 February 2015 and expiring on 18 June 2030; and 2 An additional term of 6 years and 8 months, commencing 19 June 2030 and expiring on 18 February 2037 during which the offender shall be eligible to be released on parole subject to a determination of the State Parole Authority.
Catchwords:	CRIMINAL LAW – SENTENCE – offender convicted of 21 Counts of sexual intercourse without consent – offender convicted of one count of attempted sexual intercourse without consent – offender convicted of one count of recklessly cause grievous bodily harm – aggravating factors – objective seriousness – mitigating factors – no prior recorded convictions – good character not established – low to medium likelihood of re-offending – guarded prospects of rehabilitation – remorse not established
Legislation Cited:	Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 21A, 24, 53A, Div 1A Table Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 35, 61I, 61P
Cases Cited:	Aguirre v R [2010] NSWCCA 115 Coles v R [2016] NSWCCA 32 Gore v R; Hunter v R [2010] NSWCCA 330; (2010) 208 A Crim R 353 Mc Cullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94 McLaughlin v R [2013] NSWCCA 152 R v CTG [2017] NSWCCA 163 R v De Simoni (1981)147 CLR 383; (1981) 35 ALR 265; [1981] HCA 31 R v DS (No 1) [2017] NSWDC 207 R v Hamid [2006] NSWCCA 302 R v Hibberd [2009] NSWCCA 20 R v Jonson [2016] NSWCCA 286 R v Lulham [2016] NSWCCA 287 R v Mosegaard [2005] NSWCCA 361 R v Schwabegger [1998] 4 VR 649 Sabra v R [2015] NSWCCA 38 ZZ v R [2013] NSWCCA 83
Category:	Sentence
Parties:	DS (Offender) Regina (Crown)
Representation:	Counsel: Self-represented (Offender) Mr C Everson (Crown)   Solicitors: Solicitor for the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown)
File Number(s):	2015/110707 and 2015/30628
Publication restriction:	Suppression orders in place for names the offender, DS; the victim, AS; and, their children, WS and JS.

Remarks on sentence

Introduction

1. On 4 August 2017, following a judge alone trial that commenced on 17 February 2017, I found the offender, DS, guilty of 21 Counts of sexual intercourse without consent,[1] one Count of attempted sexual intercourse without consent[2] and one count of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm. [3]

   1. Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) s 61I (hereinafter, the “1900 Act”)

   2. 1900 Act s 61P

   3. 1900 Act s 35(2)

2. On 11 August 2017, I made directions which required:

1. The Crown to serve any material that it wished to rely on sentence upon the offender by 15 September 2017.

2. Ordering the preparation of…