R v Ross (No. 5) [2020] NSWDC 306

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Ross (No. 5) [2020] NSWDC 306 Hearing dates: 12 June 2020 Date of orders: 12 June 2020 Decision date: 12 June 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs 65-68 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company – liability arising through joint criminal enterprise – relevance of absence of finding that offender himself assaulted victim to culpability and objective gravity – parity principle where co-offender sentenced by different sentencing judge – where offending occurred whilst offender was on conditional liberty – whether offender facilitated administration of justice through election for trial by judge alone in the midst of COVID-19 Pandemic Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), ss 59, 193C Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), s 4 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3A, 5, 21A, 22A Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW), s 169 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW), s 10 Firearms Act 1996 (NSW), s 65 Cases Cited: Baquiran v R [2014] NSWCCA 221 Callaghan v R [2006] NSWCCA 58 Coulter v The Queen (1988) 164 CLR 350 DPP v Bourke [2020] VSC 130 Ford v R [2020] NSWCCA 99 Green v The Queen; Quinn v the Queen (2011) 244 CLR 462 Kocyigit v R [2018] NSWCCA 279 Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606 Mansour v R [2011] NSWCCA 28 Mansour v R; Hughes v R [2013] NSWCCA 35 Matzick v R [2007] NSWCCA 92 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295 R v Bloomfield (1998) 44 NSWLR 734 R v Channells (unrep, 30/9/97, NSWCCA) R v Driscoll (unrep, 15/11/90, NSWCCA) R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim R 510 R v King (2004) 150 A Crim R 409 R v Mackey [2006] NSWCCA 254 R v Reid (2005) 155 A Crim R 428 R v Richards; R v Amuso [2020] NSWDC 258 R v Ross (No.4) [2020] NSWDC 197 R v Tuuta [2014] NSWCCA 40 R v Wickam [2004] NSWCCA 193 R v Wilkinson (No. 5) [2009] NSWSC 432 R v Woods (unrep, 9/10/1990, NSWCCA) RP v R (2015) 90 NSWLR 234 Vaeila, Jonathon v R [2010] NSWCCA 113 Vragovic v R [2007] NSWCCA 46 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions Mr DM Ross Representation: Counsel: Mr K Gilson for the Director of Public Prosecutions Mr J O'Sullivan for the offender