State of New South Wales v GJO (Final) [2020] NSWSC 1412

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v GJO (Final) [2020] NSWSC 1412 Hearing dates: 7 October 2020 Date of orders: 9 October 2020 Decision date: 09 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Pursuant to ss 5B and 9(1)(a) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006, the defendant be subject to an Extended Supervision Order for a period of 2 years. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – application for Extended Supervision Order – committed numerous rapes in 1996 – released in 2015 – supervised since December 2016 – breach of ESO in 2018 – duration of ESO – electronic monitoring Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-Publication Orders Act 2010 Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Crimes Act 1900 Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 New South Wales Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004 Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 Cases Cited: [2016] NSWSC 1820 [2017] NSWSC 254 [2018] NSWSC 1235 DRJ v Commissioner of Victims Rights [2020] NSWCA 136 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 57 State of New South Wales v Baldwin [2019] NSWSC 1882 State of New South Wales v GJO (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 969 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) GJO (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms JE Davidson (Plaintiff) Ms A Cook (Defendant)