R v Shanmugam (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 555

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Shanmugam (No 2) [2020] NSWDC 555 Hearing dates: 17 September 2020 Decision date: 17 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Aggregate sentence of 5 years with a non parole period of 3 years. Catchwords: Crime: Sexual touching Without Consent - Attempted sexual intercourse without consent - Sexual intercourse without consent Sentencing – relevant factors – sentence after trial - victim impact – intoxication - certainty of deportation - prior good character - one off event - unlikely to reoffend Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999. Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Cases Cited: Barbaro v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 58 Bullock v R [2016] NSWCA 131 Cahyadi v R [2007] NSWCCA 1; (2007) 168 A Crim R 41 Guden v R [2010] VSCA 196 He v R [2016] NSWCCA 220 Hili v The Queen (2010) 242 CLR 520 Kwon v R [2004] NSWCCA 256 Mill v The Queen (1988) 166 CLR 59 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 Nguyen v The Queen [2016] HCA 17 R v Chi Sun Tsui (1985) 1 NSWLR 308 R v Edwards (1996) 90 A Crim 510 R v Hull [2016] NSWSC 634 R v J.R.B [2006] NSWCCA 371 R v Marcial [2011] NSWDC 119 R v Mirazee [2004] NSWCCA 315 R v Pham [2005] NSWCCA 94 R v Shanmugam [2020] NSWDC 482 R v Simpson [2001] NSWCCA 534; (2001) 53 NSWLR 704 R v Tonari [2014] NSWCCA 232 Shrestha v The Queen (1991) 143 CLR 78 Tepania v R [20018] NSWCCA 247 The Queen v Pham [2015] HCA 39: (2015) 256 CLR 550 Vasilevski v R [2019] NSWCCA 277 Category: Sentence Parties: Mithun Kumar Shanmugam (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr B Hart (for the accused) Mr D Noll (for Director of Public Prosecutions)