R v Bussey [2020] NSWDC 802

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Bussey [2020] NSWDC 802 Hearing dates: 5 June 2020; 6 July 2020; 7 July 2020 Date of orders: 7 July 2020 Decision date: 07 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: W Hunt DCJ Decision: The offender is sentenced to imprisonment for 4 years and 6 months. There is to be a non-parole period of 3 years. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – Sentence – Jury verdict – Aggravated sexual assault – Deprivation of liberty. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act, Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act Cases Cited: Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54 202 CLR 321; 74 ALJR 1538; 175 ALR 315. Filippou v The Queen [2015] HCA 29. R v GDP (1991) 53 A Crim R 112 R v Henry (1999) 106 A Crim R 149 R v Lattouf (Unrep. CCA NSW) 12 December 1996: R v Miller [2015] NSWCCA86 R v O'Neill [1979] 2 NSWLR 582 R v Olbrich (1999) 108 A Crim R 464 R v Qutami [2001] NSWCCA 353 Weininger v The Queen [2003] HCA 14; (2003) 212 CLR 629. Category: Sentence Parties: The Crown Derek David Bussey Representation: Counsel: S Goodwin – the offender

Solicitors: Director of Public Prosecutions – the Crown Monica McKenzie Solicitor. File Number(s): 2018/00343640 Publication restriction: There is to be no publication of the name of the complainant or of any material which may tend to identify the complainant.