R v Whiteman [2021] NSWDC 557

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Whiteman [2021] NSWDC 557 Hearing dates: 23 September 2021 Date of orders: 15 October 2021 Decision date: 15 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: Haesler SC DCJ Decision: Commonwealth offences - 11 year aggregate sentence with a non‑parole period of 7 years. State offences - partly cumulative aggregate sentence of 10 years with a non-parole period of 6 years. Total effective sentence 16 years with a non-parole period of 12 years. Catchwords: CRIME - Child sex offences - Child abuse material -Using carriage service - Using carriage service to groom person <16 years for sexual activity CRIME - Child sex offences - Sexual intercourse with child >10 <14 - Indecent assault Aggravated sexual assault - Victim <16 years SENTENCING - State and Federal offences – relevant considerations SENTENCING - Juvenile and adult offending - To be dealt with "according to law" SENTENCING - Relevant factors on sentence - Multiple offences - Accumulation, concurrency and totality - Objective seriousness of individual offences - Victim impact - Purposes of sentencing - Non-parole period - Standard non-parole period - Principles to be applied - Instinctive synthesis - Special circumstances Legislation Cited: Childrens (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) The Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Cases Cited: Abbas, Bodiotis, Taleb and Amoun v R [2013] NSWCCA 115 Adamson v R (2015) 47 VR 268 Attorney General's Application under s 37 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 No 1 of 2002,: (2002) 56 NSWLR 146 Bell v R [2019] NSWCCA 251 BP v R [2010] NSWCCA 159 BT v R [2010] NSWCCA 267 Cargnello v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2012] NSWCCA 162 Clarke-Jeffries v R [2019] NSWCCA 56 Clarkson v R [2011] VSCA 152 Dawkins v R [2018] NSWCCA 278 Dennison v R [2011] NSWCCA 114 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Beattie [2017] NSWCCA 301 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v D'Alessandro [2010] VSCA 60; 26 VR 477 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Watson [2016] VSCA 73 DM v R [2005] NSW CCA 181 Grube v R [2005] NSWCCA 140 Hearne v R [2001] NSWCCA 37 Hili v The Queen, (2010) 242 CLR 520; [2010] HC 45 Hoare v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 348 Hogan v R (2008) 186 A Crim R 52; [2008] NSWCCA 150 Hutchinson [2018] NSWCCA 152 Johnson v The Queen [2004] HCA 15; 78 ALJR 616 Kannis v R [2020] NSWCCA 79 KT v R [2008] NSWCCA 51 Lamella v R [2014] NSWCCA 122 MAK v R [2006] NSWCCA 381 Markarian v The Queen (2005) 228 CLR 357; [2005] HCA 25 Minehan v R [2010] NSWCCA 140 Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120 :[2011] HCA 39 Munda v Western Australia (2013) 249 CLR 600 Nelson v R [2016] NSWCCA 130 Pearce v The Queen 194 CLR 610; [1998] HCA 57 Postiglione v The Queen (1997) 189 CLR 295; [1997] HCA 26 Putland v The Queen (2004) 218 CLR 174; [2004] HCA 8 Queen v Pham (2015) 256 CLR 550: [2015] HCA 39 R v AJP [2004] NSWCCA 434 R v Asplund [2010] NSWCCA 316 R v Booth [2009] NSWCCA 89 R v Clinch (1994) 72 A Crim R 301 R v Gavel [2014] NSWCCA 56 R v Harris (2007) 171 A Crim R 267 R v Holder; R v Johnston [1983] 3 NSWLR 245 R v NJK [2011] NSWCCA 151 R v Porte [2015] NSWCCA 174 R v Spinks [2021] NSWSC 649 R v Tector [2008] NSWCCA 151 R v Thompson, R v Houlton [2000] NSWCCA 309; (2000) 49 NSWLR 383 R v Tuala [2015] NSWCCA 8 R v Wheeler [2000] NSWCCA 34 Small v R [2020] NSWCCA 216 Stanton v R [2021] NSWCCA 123 Tepania v R [2018] NSWCCA 247 The Queen v De Simoni (1981) 147 CLR 383; [1981 HCA 31 Wakeling v R [2016] NSWCCA 33 Way v R [2004] NSWCA 131; (2004) 60 NSWLR 168 Weininger v The Queen (2003) 212 CLR 629 Xiao v R [2018] NSWCCA 4; (2018) 96 NSWLR 1 Texts Cited: COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response, Corrective Services NSW; https://www.coronavirus.dcj.nsw.gov.au/services/corrective-services/impact-of-covid-restrictions Judicial Commission of NSW Research Monograph 34, Sentencing offenders convicted of child pornography and child abuse material offences Sydney, 2010, Mizzi, T Gotsis and P Poletti Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report (2017) Vol 3 Category: Sentence Parties: Dale Whiteman (the offender) Director of Public Prosecutions Representation: Counsel: Mr S Fraser, Public Defender (for the offender)