The Queen v Hewitt [2020] NSWDC 566

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Queen v Hewitt [2020] NSWDC 566 Hearing dates: 23-27 September 2019 (the trial); 30 September 2019 (mention); 1 October 2019 (mention); 16 June 2020 (sentence hearing and conviction); 6 August 2020 (sentence) Date of orders: 06 August 2020 Decision date: 06 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Wilson SC DCJ Decision: Community Corrections Order. Decision at [179] – [186] Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentencing – sexual intercourse without consent – whether s5 threshold crossed – where imprisonment penalty of last resort -consideration of non-custodial sentence – psychiatric illness – balancing objective and subjective circumstances in considering purposes for sentence – whether unusual or exceptional circumstances exist to justify non-custodial sentence – s5 threshold not crossed – unique circumstances Legislation Cited: Crimes Act (1900) NSW s 61I Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 ss 3A, 5, 21A, Part 4 Cases Cited: Director of Public Prosecutions v Burton [2020] NSWCCA 54 DPP v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 Greenwood v R [2014] NSWCCA 64 Hili v The Queen (2010) 253 CLR 58 JDX v R [2017] NSWCCA 9 Jolly v R [2013] NSWCCA 76 Kelly v The Queen [2007] NSWCA 357 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 R v Engert (1995) 84 A Crim R 67 R v PGM (2008) 187 Crim R 152 R v Ponfield (1999) 48 NSWLR 327 R v Way (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 Sabapathy v R [2008] NSWCCA 82 Silvano v R (2008) 184 A Crim R 593 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Yildiz v R [2020] NSWCCA 69 Texts Cited: None Category: Sentence Parties: Regina (ODPP) Mitchell Lennox Hewitt (Offender) Representation: Counsel: Ms K Tennant (Crown) Mr G Bradey SC (Offender)