R v Dylan Peter Gray

[2016] NSWDC 368

District Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:

R v Dylan Peter Gray [2016] NSWDC 368

Hearing dates:

2 November 2016

Date of orders:

16 December 2016

Decision date:

16 December 2016

Jurisdiction:

Criminal

Before:

Hatzistergos DCJ

Decision:

(1) The offender is convicted on each sequence;

 

(2) The offender is to serve a non-parole period of 3 years and 9 months, to date from today and expire on 15 September 2020;

 

(3) The offender is to serve an additional term of imprisonment of 1 year and 3 months, to commence on 16 September 2020 and to expire on 15 December 2021, at which time the offender is eligible to be released to parole; and

 (4) The offender is disqualified from driving for 3 years.

Catchwords:

CRIMINAL LAW – PROPERTY OFFENCES – break and enter with intent to commit serious indictable offence – break and enter with commit serious indictable offence – larceny – unlawfully in possession of property – furnishing false statement to licensee – DRIVING OFFENCES – reckless driving

  SENTENCING – principles of sentencing – aggravating factor – conditional liberty – likelihood of re-offending – guarded prospects of rehabilitation – plea of guilty – aggregate sentence of imprisonment imposed

Legislation Cited:

Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 4, 112(1)(a), 113(1) and 527C(1)(a)
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) s 166(1)(b)
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) ss 21A, 22, 47(1)(a) and 53A
Pawnbrokers and Second Hand Dealers Act 1996 (NSW) s 15(4)
Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) s 117(2)

Cases Cited:

Attorney General’s Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (No 1 of 2002) (2002) 56 NSWLR 146; [2002] NSWCCA 518
Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58
Frigiani v R [2007] NSWCCA 81
Attorney General’s Application (No 1) under s 26 of the Criminal Appeal Act; R v Ponfield; R v Scott; R v Ryan; R v Johnson (1999) 48 NSWLR 327; [1999] NSWCCA 435
Palijan v R [2010] NSWCCA 142
Pearce v R (1998) 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57
Porter v R [2008] NSWCCA 145
R v Carter [2003] NSWCCA 243
R v Huynh [2005] NSWCCA 220
R v Lulham [2016] NSWCCA 287
R v Thomson; R v Houlton (2000) 49 NSWLR 383; [2000] NSWCCA 309
R v Tuuta (2014) 239 A Crim R 399; [2014] NSWCCA 40
Rich v R [2007] NSWCCA 193

Category:

Sentence

Parties:

Regina (Crown)
Mr Dylan Peter Gray (Offender)

Representation:

Solicitor for the Director of Public Prosecutions (Crown)
Mr J Nashed (Offender)

File Number(s):

2015/244277

Publication restriction:

N/A

Judgment

1. The offender, Dylan Peter Gray, was committed for sentence in this Court by Magistrate Keady and appeared before me on 2 November 2016 in relation to the following matters:-

1. Sequence 5: On 12 August 2015 at Carlingford, the offender did break and enter a dwelling house at Carlingford with intent to commit a serious indictable offence (larceny); contrary to s 113(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW);

2. Sequence 8: On 15 August 2015, the…