R v Houweling [2021] NSWDC 293

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Houweling [2021] NSWDC 293 Hearing dates: 19 February 2021, 9 March 20201 Decision date: 09 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Possess/control child abuse material using carriage service (sequence 1) - Recognizance pursuant to s 20(1)(a) of the Crimes Act 1914. See [42] Use carriage service to access child abuse material (sequence 2) - Recognizance pursuant to s 20(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1914. See [46] His Honour's judgment of 19/02/2021 was amended on 09/03/2021 - see [44]-[46] Catchwords: CRIME - Possess child abuse material - Access child abuse material SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence - nature of child abuse material – low level posing by children - high level - escalation into deviance - animated videos - low number of images- guilty plea – remorse - paedophilic disorder - progress toward rehabilitation –Intensive Correction order unavailable - structure of sentence - is custody required? SENTENCING - terms- child abuse material - use of cellebrite - cache files- animated videos - Interpol Baseline Categorisation System - Child Exploitation Tracking System SENTENCE – sentence correction – unavailability of community service as a condition of a recognisance release order Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: Adams v Carr (1987) 26 A Crim R 372 De Leeuw v R [2015] NSWCCA 183, Dimech v Watts [2016] ACTSC 221 DPP (Cth) v D'Alessandro DPP v D'Alessandro (2010) 26 VR 477 Gent v R [2005] NSWCCA 370 Heathcote (A Pseudonym) v R Innes v R [2018] NSWCCA 90 Martin v R [2014] NSWCCA 124 Minahan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 R v Coffey [2003] VSCA 155; 6 VR 543 R v Cook; Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2004] QCA 469 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 R v Jones R v Jones [1999] WASCA 24; 108 A Crim R 50 R v Jongsma R v Shambayati [1999] QCA 102 Category: Sentence Parties: Daniel Peter Houweling (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions (Commonwealth) Representation: Counsel: Ms C Doosey (for the offender) Ms L Barnes (for Director of Public Prosecutions -Commonwealth) File Number(s): 2020/00099140