R v FOSTER [2020] NSWDC 648

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v FOSTER [2020] NSWDC 648 Hearing dates: 22 October 2020 Date of orders: 29 October 2020 Decision date: 29 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Lerve DCJ Decision: Sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years 9 months from 29 October 2020, with non parole period of 1 year 6 months Catchwords: CRIME – grievous bodily harm in company – SENTENCING – relevant factors on sentencing – plea of guilty - general deterrence – special circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act, 1987 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act, 1999 Cases Cited: Brown v The Queen [2014] NSWCCA 215 Davis v R [2018] NSWCCA 67 Dungay v R [2020] NSWCCA 209 Fangaloka v The Queen [2020] HCASL 12 Fenech v R [2018] NSWCCA 160 Hili & Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45 Hoskins v R [2016] NSWCCA 157 Karout v R [2019] NSWCCA 253 Karout v The Queen [2020] HCASL 56 Locke v R (2010) 207 A Crim R 34 McCullough v R [2009] NSWCCA 94 R v Anderson [2012] NSWCCA 175 R v Christopher Michael Hunt [2018] NSWDC 256 R v Dodd (1991) 57 A Crim R 349 R v Fangaloka [2019] NSWCCA 173 R v Loveridge (2014) 243 A Crim R 31 R v McNaughton (2006) 66 NSWLR 566 R v Mitchell & Gallagher (2007) 177 A Crim R 94 R v Murphy [2019] NSWDC 635 R v Musumeci (Court of Criminal Appeal (NSW), 30 October 1997, unrep) R v Osenkowski (1982) 5 A Crim R 394 R v Steven Turner [2019] NSWDC 8 SS v R [2016] NSWCCA 197 Stevens v R [2017] NSWCCA 216 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Valentine v R [2020] NSWCCA 116 Veen v The Queen (No. 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Category: Sentence Parties: Director of Public Prosecutions (for the Crown) Lachlan Foster (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Boulten SC (for the Offender) Solicitors: Mr S Amvrazis (for the Crown) File Number(s): 2019/206512 Publication restriction: None