R v Amson [2021] NSWDC 280

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Amson [2021] NSWDC 280 Hearing dates: 23 June 2021 Date of orders: 24 June 2021 Decision date: 24 June 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraphs 114 - 116 Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW – sentence – federal offence – use of carriage service to groom child under 16 years for sex – objective gravity – relevance that communications with fictitious child rather than real child – significance of contact being initiated by fictitious child rather than offender – offence committed while registered sex offender – whether offender's culpability affected by mental abnormality - whether offender genuinely remorseful – appropriate discount for guilty plea ­– consideration of risk of re-offending – prospects of rehabilitation – whether offender victim of extra-curial punishment – consideration of comparable cases Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 16A, 17A Criminal Code (Cth) s 474.27(1) Cases Cited: DPP v Watson (2016) 259 A Crim R 327 Hili v R (2010) 242 CLR 520 Meadows v R [2017] VSCA 290 R v Fuller [2010] NSWCCA 192 R v Nahlous (2013) 273 FLR 232 R v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550 Rampley v R [2010] NSWCCA 293 Small v R [2020] NSWCCA 216 Veen v The Queen (No.2) (1988) 164 CLR 465 Xiao v R (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Texts Cited: S Odgers SC, Sentence (5th ed, 2020, Longueville Media Pty Ltd) Category: Sentence Parties: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Mr A Amson (offender) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Duggan for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Mr J Martin for the offender